The Australian Independent Media Network

I Can Predict The Lotto Numbers And The Melbourne Cup Winner!

21 September 2026 Rossleigh 1

I CAN predict both of those things, but I can’t guarantee to predict them ACCURATELY!! (Ok, stick with this because it’s not just some silly clickbait…) Yes, yes, surely that’s the point of predictions… At […]

Teenagers are bonding with AI: What does it mean for the future of communication?

21 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

RMIT University Media Release In the United States, one in five teenagers use artificial intelligence chatbots for romantic relationships. Almost half consider AI to be their friend. Teenagers in Australia too are increasingly turning to […]

An Open Letter to the Shepherds: Deep Silence on Deep Truth

21 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

To the Prime Minister, the Australian Public Service Commission, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and whichever other offices contributed to the decision below – an open statement, and a question you are welcome […]

Smokers to Fund Reduction of Fuel Excise!

21 September 2026 Terence Mills 4

The Coalition proposes slashing the tobacco tax by 80% to make legal cigarettes cheaper [but not as cheap as the prices charged by organized crime syndicates who don’t pay any Excise tax or GST]. The […]

Australia knows more than ever about child sexual abuse. Why is prevention still falling short?

21 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

UNSW Sydney Media Release Key facts: For decades, public inquiries have exposed strikingly similar patterns of child sexual abuse. Yet each new crime is treated as though nobody could have seen it coming. In recent […]

Global AI Race and Existential Risks: The Need for Multipolar Cooperation

21 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Dr Dan Steinbock The global AI race has entered a new, existential stage. Anthropic CEO’s idea for international cooperation is the step toward right direction. But it is unipolar and thus vulnerable to […]

The Party Animal and the Prime Minister

21 September 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 17

The Party Animal and the Prime Minister – Why Anthony Albanese’s Leadership is Failing Australia Dedicated to my wife, my confidante – who taught me to see the person behind the mask, and to trust […]

One standard

21 September 2026 Roger Chao 6

It might seem strange, even hypocritical, for me to step up in defence of a politician from One Nation. And indeed, the politics of One Nation are undeniably not politics I will ever support in […]

I’m glad I live in Australia and not the USA

21 September 2026 Roswell 9

I didn’t choose Australia. Not originally, anyway. I came here as a child with my family. I didn’t make the decision, didn’t know what Australia was, what it would become to me, or whether one […]

How does US fund Israeli genocide? Let us count the billions

21 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Walt Zlotow President Biden joined Israel’s campaign against Gaza the day after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Nearly three years later, as of October 8, Gaza’s 141 square miles have […]

From citizens’ calls to city action: Inside a Chinese hotline

20 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

How China is turning citizen complaints into urban solutions By Chen Ziqi When Krisca, an international student in east China’s Shandong Province, stepped out of a taxi, she didn’t realize she had left her bag […]

Guinness Meditations and Fine Retreats: The Drunken Poet Turns Twenty

20 September 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

Ale house readings, spiritual zest, and the inevitable crapulous effect: a pub, the public house, the inn, the tavern, that home that functions between your actual home and the funeral rites that lie ahead, a […]

What went wrong? (Part 6)

20 September 2026 Michael Taylor 11

Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 5) Part 6: Have We Moved Forward? There was a time when I genuinely believed we were moving forward. I remember the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and the […]

When condemnation becomes distribution

20 September 2026 Roger Chao 3

News organisations must report offensive political speech without becoming its most efficient broadcaster. The Daily Mail did exactly that. In reporting Lisa Jane Spencer’s performance, in which she reprised ‘Aunty Lisa’ and mocked Aboriginal culture […]

The Gastronomy of the Garden

20 September 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 2

The Gastronomy of the Garden: A Field Guide to Bailey’s Leftovers Sunday Morning, Boronia It is a quarter past eight on a Sunday morning in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. The barbecue is not […]