The mainstream media in Australia has become increasingly unreliable. Fortunately, there are now many better sources, but these are often difficult to find.
This page contains recent news items and commentary that you probably won’t find in the mainstream media. We have also included articles from the United Nations. These will be updated regularly.
Then there is information on more reliable sources of media that you can explore for yourself.
Important articles and commentary not in the Mainstream Media
Antony Loewenstein reflects on the massacre in Bondi
In Your Heart of Hearts, you know this wrong. So what? By Tim Dunlop
Banning nuclear weapons will require love to triumph over fear by Rev Charissa Suli
Arms industry infiltrates National Press Club by Michelle Fahy
United Nations Articles
US actions in Venezuela ‘constitute a dangerous precedent’: Guterres 3 Jan 2026
Gaza aid lifelines under strain as winter worsens 2 Jan 2026
Guide to more reliable sources of media
Getting reliable information from the main-stream media is difficult. Important stories are ignored or trivialized.
Of course, even the best reporting can have its biases or blind spots. As always it is important to retain one’s critical thinking in relation to any media report.
Television
The standard of television is universally poor when it comes to communicating important complex stories.
We commend NITV and SBS for highlighting stories that you are unlikely to see elsewhere.
Unfortunately, the ABC has been underfunded and undermined for many years and its quality has suffered. It is hoped that over time, its quality will improve. Laura Tingle is reliable.
Print media
The Saturday Paper (however unreliable on Palestine and Israel)
Ross Gittins at the Sydney Morning Herald
Electronic media
The Guardian Australia https://www.theguardian.com/au
Al Jazeera (except when reporting on Qatar) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/
SBS https://www.sbs.com.au/news
Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/
Democracy Now https://www.democracynow.org/
The Shot Home – The Shot
truthout https://truthout.org/
Websites and Blogs
Pearls and Irritations https://johnenadue.com/
Declassified Australia https://declassifiedaus.org
Declassified UK https://declassifieduk.org
Michelle Fahy substack https://substack.com/profile/29333281-michelle-fahy
Tim Dunlop substack https://tdunlop.substack.com/
Kelly Hayes substack https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/
TrueNorth News substack https://truenorthnews.substack.com/ a relatively new daily (Monday to Friday) guide to independent and quality journalism.
The Klaxon https://theklaxon.com.au/
Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news
Threads
Threads is a new and emerging site. Threads tends to suppress what they regard as political content. This means that one has to more actively seek out political content. Some useful accounts to follow that provide more reliable news and analysis include.
@antonioguterres
@timdunlopwriter
@the.Klaxon.news
@barbarapocock
@doctorswithoutborders
@vikki_k88
@democracynow
@aljazeeraenglish
@lenbaglow
Twitter has become so toxic that we no longer recommend it, even with caution.