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
A new nuclear arms race is accelerating. There’s only one way to stop it. by Tilman Ruff, The Conversation, April 27, 2026
Beyond the desecrated statue: What truly demands our outrage, Isaac Munther, Al Jazeera, April 22 2026
Advocacy groups push for Chalmers to scrap $20b housing tax breaks before budget, Antipoverty Centre media hub, April 21 2026
Farnham flash mob protests Queensland’s hate speech laws by Tegan George, The Point, April 20 2026
Urgent warning to Congressional leaders: Trump is psychologically unstable and dangerous, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Bandy X. Lee, James Gilligan, Prudence L. Gourguechon, James R. Merikangas, Pearls and Irritations, April 16 2026
International aid enters historic decline with Australia among lowest contributors by Tegan George, The Point, April 15 2026
The Zombie Dressed Up as an Ordinary Tuesday by Kellie Hayes, Organizing my thoughts, March 24 2026
Surface detail: Another way to look at the South Australian election result by Tim Dunlop, The Future of Everything, March 24 2026
Iran: No Military Solution to Nuclear Proliferation Dr Sue Wareham, MAPW March 2 2026
Trump’s dangerous war without consent Robert Reich March 2 2026
Pope warns of ‘tragedy of enormous proportions’ after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran National Catholic Reporter March 1 2026
The Albanese lullaby by Tim Dunlop Feb 19, 2026
United Nations Articles
Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion, UN News, April 20 2026
Sudan’s war three years on: shattered dreams, soaring hunger, shrinking aid, World Food Program, Abubakar Garelnabei and Philippe Kropf, April 14, 2026
Attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes ‘undermine international peace and security’ February 28 2026
Somalia: Number of people going hungry nearly doubles in a year UN Feb 24 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
The Point The Point
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.