Raconteur to ‘Rampart’: How Joe Aston Became Australia’s Most Feared Business Journalist

The former AFR columnist and author who grounded Alan Joyce reveals how getting sober saved his life, sharpened his pen, and why he’s betting everything on going solo. Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Volume 5 of B.H. Magazine. To...

Asia Pop’s Virtual Stars Widening Their Fan Base in Australia & NZ

Say kon'nichiwa or hello buddy! to one of Japan’s biggest music megastars. Hatsune Miku is a 16-year-old girl with 2.5 million Facebook followers, who has uploaded 100,000 songs and 170,000 YouTube music videos for 1.55 million subscribers. She...

Nine Upfront 2025: The verdict from Australia’s media and marketing leaders

Share Tweet Share Email Nine delivered a confident showcase built around integration, measurement, and premium storytelling at their Upfront. With the Milano Winter Olympics leading its content slate, the network unveiled a raft of initiatives...

Felicity Ward on how Australia’s Dancing with the Stars made her feel powerful

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Mysterious Mushrooms: New Books About the Fabulous Fruit of the Fungi

Ever wonder what the difference is between fungi and mushrooms? Think of fungi as the larger main organisms, and mushrooms as their flowers or fruits. Fungi are so large and so unlike plants that they belong in a biological classification of their...

Footy star reveals the sliding doors moment that rescued him from a hellish life - 'pure luck that we ended up in Australia'

Al Hassan Toure moved to Australia aged four By ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORT REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 02:25 EDT, 15 October 2025 | Updated: 16:39 EDT, 15 October 2025 A-League star Al Hassan Toure has revealed the sliding doors moment that saw his...

Pre-Christmas sale of books by Borders writers to help local children

A pre-Christmas sale of books by six Borders authors, in aid of Children First, Selkirk, Scotland’s national charity for children, will be held in the hall of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Melrose, on Saturday November 1st, 2-4 pm. Between them,...

Corella & Crow takes flight: How two Canberra designers are weaving Country into couture

Posted on 15 October, 2025 A milestone moment took place in August as a collection of 12 looks and 150 handmade pieces travelled from Canberra to Darwin, sharing the stories of Ngunnawal Country through wearable art. Corella & Crow – a bold new...

Australia solved civilisation’s problems

Balanced parliamentary debate was the vision of the first elected head of government in Australia, James Hurtle Fisher, Mayor of Adelaide. In 1840 he told the Governor that representative government was ‘one of the most invaluable privileges of...

The book-burners have taken over the publishing house

In the mid-2010s, people began to notice something strange happening on college campuses. In the past, wealthy donors tried to censor professors and students. But then the demands started coming from the students themselves. More interestingly,...

China: Release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai now

The undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights, and international organisations strongly condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping....

WHSmith launches first curi.o.city store in Australia

WHSmith has launched its first curi.o.city store in Australia at Perth Airport Terminal 1 International. The store introduces a premium gifting and souvenir concept to Australian travellers, offering a distinctively local experience that...

Ro-Ko silence naysayers, send strong World Cup message with vintage display

Cricket News Rohit-Kohli helped India beat Australia in 3rd ODI. (Photo: X) New Delhi: Crafty Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli roared back to form in style ensuring India finish the ODI series against Australia on a high. In what was touted to be the...

Five bookstagrammers on what not to miss at the Canberra Writers Festival

Posted on 15 October, 2025 With the biggest authors in the country packing their bags and ready to make their way to the capital this week, the Canberra Writers Festival is about to turn the city into a reader’s playground. With more than 100...

Eman Sharobeem: Australian of the Year finalist cops ICAC charges

Prosecutors have quietly laid criminal charges against a former Australian of the Year finalist, seven years after the corruption watchdog delivered a scathing report. Eman Sharobeem, formerly of both the Immigrant Women’s Health Service (IWHS)...

FOOTBALL - Coventry City's Haji Wright nets brace for USA in victory against Australia

HAJI Wright continued his hot streak in front of goal while on international duty with the United States of America. The Coventry City forward netted a brace as USA claimed a 2-1 friendly win against Australia in Colorado. Wright inspired his...

Why Sandy Brondello Could Be the Perfect Architect for Toronto Tempo’s WNBA Debut

It didn’t start with arenas or roaring crowds for Sandy Brondello. It started in the scorching sun of Queensland, Australia, lifting 20-foot-long water pipes, hauling heavy rocks, and sometimes steering a tractor, or even a pair of stubborn...

The AU’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025: October – December

2025 has been an amazing year for book releases, and the final Tuesday in September saw booksellers dealing with a perfect storm of huge releases (including new releases from Trent Dalton, Richard Osman, Philippa Gregory, Benjamin Stevenson and...

Exclusive: Terri Irwin reveals how Russell Crowe took her family 'under his wing' after Steve Irwin's death

Russell Crowe became friends with Steve Irwin in the 1990s, and after Steve's passing in 2006 the Oscar winner was there for the Irwin family in ways that no-one knew about until now. "We've been friends for about 30 years," Steve's wife Terri...

Virat Kohli scales a cricketing Everest, moves closer to Sachin Tendulkar; overtakes Sangakkara in this all-time list

Virat Kohli has scaled down another huge record. After a couple of ducks in the first two matches of the ODI series against Australia, he looked under pressure. However, when he arrived in SCG for the last and final match, he looked like a...