The Australian Independent Media Network

Coronial findings on Kumanjayi Walker’s death a powerful call for justice reform

7 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Australian Human Rights Commission Media Release The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss, says the coronial findings into the death of Kumanjayi Walker in police custody are a painful, but powerful […]

The Dangers of believing the Mythology of Others

7 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Andrew Klein “Come back with your shield – or on it” (Plutarch, Mor.241) was supposed to be the parting cry of mothers to their sons. Mothers whose sons died in battle openly rejoiced, mothers […]

Why Budget Surpluses Are Harming Everyday Australians

7 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description Learn how budget surpluses cut services, widen inequality, and ignore Australia’s dollar sovereignty – plus a people-first plan to fix it. 🎧 Listen to this article. Introduction Brisbane, 2024. Nurse Mara […]

Rivers of Tears

7 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By James Moore “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” (Elizabeth Stone). There were 16 people camped along […]

Key Robodebt RC recommendations still not implemented two years on

7 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release Two years on from the findings of the Robodebt Royal Commission, the Federal Government has still not implemented all of its recommendations, and alarming flaws in the […]

Wrestlemania: White House Edition

7 July 2025 Roswell 3

In a move that surprises absolutely no one, President Donald Trump has announced he will be staging a full-scale wrestling match on the South Lawn of the White House – complete with fireworks, folding chairs, […]

The Forgotten Voices of the Night

7 July 2025 Roger Chao 0

When daylight dies beyond the range and Blackwoods sigh no more, The hush of dusk begins to creep across the forest floor. No trumpet sounds, no banner waves, no marching human feet, But still a […]

The Great American Grift: How the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Funnels Wealth Upward

6 July 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0

What does the One Big Beautiful Bill Mean for the Economy? THE G.R.I.F.T. MACHINE Scene description: A giant slot machine in a government building labeled “THE G.R.I.F.T. 9000,” operated by a beaming politician while lobbyists […]

We’ve Come Undone

6 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

By James Moore “But just so we’re reminded of the ones who are held back, up front there ought to be a man in black.” – Johnny Cash America needs no more explanation as a […]

We promise to do better …

6 July 2025 2353NM 3

Six Million Australians have discovered they have a heightened risk of being the subject of identity fraud this week because … a criminal was given access by an employee to a third-party customer servicing platform. […]

Who Am I Supposed to Be Hating Now?

6 July 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1

Who Am I Supposed to Be Hating Now? A Forensic Look at Media-Driven Social Engineering By Logan Scripted In a now-viral Twitter thread one user encapsulated a quietly growing cultural anxiety in a single question: […]

The Fanatic’s Gaze: Louis Theroux and the West Bank Settlers

6 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

He has made it his bread and butter for years: finding society’s kooky representatives, the marginal, the crazed and the touched. But what makes Louis Theroux’s The Settlers troubling is its examination of a seemingly inexorable […]

The Greatest Democracy on Earth (According to… Themselves)

6 July 2025 Roswell 7

We need to talk about the United States – and its charming habit of declaring itself the greatest democracy on Earth. It’s repeated so often you’d think it was etched into the Constitution somewhere between […]

The Call of the Wild

6 July 2025 Roger Chao 1

I once wore a mask made of deadlines and stress, where the air never tasted quite right, And I lived by a screen in a boxed-in routine, far away from the birds and the light. […]

I’m right, you’re wrong: that gives me the right to denigrate you

6 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Robyn Dunphy “I’m right, you’re wrong: that gives me the right to denigrate you.” I’m seeing this attitude everywhere. It isn’t constructive. I’ve probably been guilty of it once or twice myself – if […]