The Australian Independent Media Network

The Gazafication of Lebanon: How Israel Exports Destruction and Washington Protects It

7 June 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

Dedication: To the people of Lebanon – who have been told that their country is a “failed state” by those who worked ceaselessly to break it. “The destruction will stop only when the silence is […]

An Unwarranted War, a Global Economic Drag

7 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Dr Dan Steinbock The lingering energy shock is morphing from the Asian epicenter to a global economic drag. The US/Israel war imposes a fatal penalty on global growth. When the US-Iran conflict escalated earlier […]

Investigating the Foolish: The AUKUS Public Inquiry is Announced

7 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Of the three countries involved in AUKUS, that most draining, useless and even pernicious of security pacts, Australia has been the only country indifferent, even scoffing, about the need for an inquiry into its merits. […]

Barnaby: the National Hangover

7 June 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 4

Part One – Government By Group Chat Australia had not intended to elect Barnaby Joyce prime minister. Like many national catastrophes, it began as a joke that wandered too far unattended. At first people said: […]

Could President Trump Bulldoze the Statue of Liberty?

6 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By Peter Brown It sounds like a headline from a political satire. Yet this week, during a federal appeals court hearing, a judge posed a startling hypothetical question to a lawyer representing the Trump administration: If […]

Your children can’t afford a house? Who is to blame?

6 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 19

By Christopher Kennedy So your children can’t afford a house? Who is to blame for this? I blame the Greens. Here’s why: As a party it cannot help itself shooting themselves in the foot; […]

Underwater Matters: AUKUS and the Art of the Used Submarine

6 June 2026 David Tyler 5

With love, respect and apologies to Bryan Dawe, and to the memory of John Clarke (1948–2017), whose weekly interviews taught a generation of Australians to listen for the gap between what is said and what […]

Japan Must Apologise for Bangka Rapes/Massacre

5 June 2026 Tess Lawrence 20

Exclusive Warning: graphic descriptions of war, rape and violence JAPANESE SOLDIERS RAPED AND MURDERED OUR NURSES IN WW11 ON BANGKA ISLAND – WHAT IS JAPAN’S PM SANAE TAKAICHI AND AUSTRALIA’S ANTHONY ALBANESE GOING TO DO […]

About Trump

5 June 2026 Roswell 9

I strongly oppose many of President Trump’s policies and believe they have caused real harm and suffering. That disagreement, however, does not justify violence. Apparent assassination attempts against him, and the disturbing wave of social […]

Even a failed Prime Minister can be President of the Liberal Party

5 June 2026 John Lord 12

When Tony Abbott was elected unopposed as Federal President of the Liberal Party on Friday, 29 May, I wasn’t surprised. The party’s inability to comprehend genuine change is striking. After their resounding election defeat, one […]

AI (LLM) Mischief, Accuracy and Reliability or Existential Meaning – Case in Point

5 June 2026 Jon Chesterson 3

How do I judge the whimsical lyrical? How do I nudge nonsensical rhyme? Quirky and mischievous bytes of reason, barely a miracle nearly sublime. (Heeri Allam AB 2019) Schools, dictionaries, people beware – moot point […]

The Art of the Dummy Spit

4 June 2026 Roswell 9

What is a dummy spit? A dummy spit is an Australian term describing the act of reacting to disappointment with disproportionate outrage. Americans may know it as: A meltdown. A tantrum. A Truth Social post. […]

A Regional Crisis or a Protracted International Disorder?

4 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 7

By Dr Dan Steinbock What began as Israel’s obliteration in Gaza now extends to Lebanon, Iran and the Gulf, thanks to US arms and finance. If diplomacy fails to interrupt this trajectory, the expansive […]

Repetitive Folly: Israel’s Futile War in Lebanon Deepens

4 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Call it a repeating script, a rusty template, or simply a creaky model to emulate time and again. The structural and homicidal destruction of Gaza undertaken by Israeli forces is now finding full expression in […]

Australia’s most expensive illusion

4 June 2026 Roger Chao 1

Why have Australians, otherwise alert to unfairness and quick to condemn political failure, accepted a settlement around work and housing that now punishes so many of them? Exhaustion is the familiar answer, with people absorbed […]