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Crunch time for the nuclear lobby’s biggest lie (Small Modular Nuclear Reactors)?

22 July 2026 Noel Wauchope 0

There could be a big drama now, about Small Modular Nuclear Reactors sort of not really going to happen in the UK. But I don’t think so. The nuclear lobby is adept at twisting a […]

From Policy to Practice: Proudly Human Helps Shape AI Standards for Australia and the World

21 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

Proudly Human Media Release In a global first, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced last Wednesday that Australia will lead the world in developing a national AI framework that will include data-center rules, integrated governance and protection […]

Why I Refuse To Watch Historically Flawed “The Odyssey”!!

21 July 2026 Rossleigh 2

Someone saw me reading a review of Chris Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and asked if I were planning to go see it… No, I said, which prompted him to say that he wasn’t either because he’s […]

Close that Facility: The 2026 Pine Gap Protests

21 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

It remains a prickly reminder that Australia remains an embarrassed vassal of power, annexed to the security interests of another state basking in imperial and fast diminishing splendour. Pine Gap, known more technically as the […]

SSI welcomes government’s response as Australia confronts rising Islamophobia

21 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

SSI Media Release SSI has welcomed the Australian Government’s response to the National Response to Islamophobia report, developed by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia. Schools will play a key role in the government’s commitments, […]

The Crisis of Trust

21 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Helen Reynolds I remember a time when seeing was believing. A photograph captured a moment. A recording preserved a sound. A signature confirmed identity. A witness gave evidence. While mistakes and deception existed, they […]

Victoria’s proposed new laws can help minimise anonymous online hate

20 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

RMIT University Media Release Social media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria. An RMIT expert explains why this could reshape online accountability and why platforms are likely […]

Manuring the Ground: Trump, China and Stolen Elections

20 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

He has never been able to accept it, but even after winning the 2024 US presidential elections, Donald Trump continued to fixate on the election result of 2020, when he lost to the Democratic contender, […]

Wildlife deaths ‘vanish’ within days of prescribed burns

20 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Adelaide University Media Release Scientists are calling for wildlife surveys to be conducted within hours of prescribed burns after new research revealed that evidence of animal deaths can disappear in less than two weeks, significantly […]

“AI in Australia’s Interests” – The Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia (A Deep Truth Analysis)

20 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

By Steve Davies University of Sydney, Wednesday 15 July 2026 Deep Truth Persona V5.2, Mindful Progress, Analysis dated 16 July 2026 Background This analysis was carried out by carried out by Claude AI, operating […]

The Great Barrier Reef is changing. Why isn’t it on UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ list?

20 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

UNSW Sydney Media Release Key facts: A UNESCO draft decision will keep the Great Barrier Reef off its ‘in danger’ list. Meanwhile the Reef keeps changing as ocean temperatures continue to rise. The Great Barrier […]

The Island at the Centre of the World

20 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By James Moore (In the dead center heart of Texas summer heat, I’m taking a day off. But want to reshare a piece about Newfoundland, the island of my mother’s birth. Writers are drawn to […]

The Theocratic Trap – How Divine Claims Become Engines of Destruction

20 July 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

Dedicated to my darling wife S – who taught me that true power needs no divine justification, only love. I. The Definition: A Mask for Power The word “theocracy” was coined by the Jewish historian […]

Acting the Goose: Pauline Hanson’s Tour of Blighty

19 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 10

She has been a remarkable survivor in the cutting, remorseless field of politics. Mocked for her incoherence, her lack of erudition, and dismissed as a garden variety racist, Pauline Hanson of the One Nation Party […]

It’s time to disobey

19 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Walt Zlotow Time for all US service personnel in Middle East to disobey illegal Trump orders to wage criminal war on Iran Eight months ago, six US Congresspersons, all former military or intelligence community […]