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China’s Classic Cars: Emerging Niche or Asia’s Next Automotive Frontier?

31 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Guo Keyu While Western collector car cultures have spent over a century maturing into mult-billion-dollar industries, China’s story is just getting started. As the world’s largest auto market shifts from raw volume growth to […]

When the performance of the political animal in power loses its appeal, the animal turns to war

31 July 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 7

May this circus end sooner rather than later for the sake of all. I. Introduction: When Performance Replaces Strategy In March 2026, U.S. Secretary of Defence (later dubbed “Secretary of War”) Pete Hegseth stood at […]

New York Mayor Mamdani only Democratic leader in sync

31 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Walt Zlotow New York Mayor Mamdani only Democratic leader in sync with majority of Democrats calling for arrest of Netanyahu for war crimes. There are well over a thousand, likely several thousand, elected […]

LABOR’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE: A TRIUMPH OF UNITY

31 July 2026 David Tyler 2

Bryan Dawe speaks to a senior figure from the Australian Labor Party DAWE: Thanks for joining me. CLARKE: Good to be here, Bryan. Comrade. Great conference. Great, great conference. DAWE: You’re pleased with it. CLARKE: […]

The climate is now personal for all of us

31 July 2026 Mark Buckley 4

“When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can’t eat money.” Attributed to a Native American chief, the source is disputed. Like most […]

Managed Extinguishment: Husic, Debating Gaza and the ALP Conference

30 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

The Israeli embassy in Canberra had warned about it, and, with rattling confidence, thought it appropriate to remind the Australian Labor Party that they were going too far. The concerns – a nice dollop of […]

Politics has a habit of changing slowly… until it doesn’t

30 July 2026 Michael Taylor 5

Only a few months ago the Liberal Party was talking about renewal. A new leader. A fresh start. A chance to reconnect with voters after a devastating election defeat. Instead, the latest polling suggests the […]

When genocide is silenced in the name of “unity”

30 July 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 9

When genocide is silenced in the name of “unity”: Labor’s festering wound Dedicated to the young Senator, the young Muslim – who dared to speak when others stayed silent. I. Introduction: A Funeral for Unity […]

A very successful medical revolution

30 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Christopher Kennedy In a pretty pathetic ‘exclusive’ in today’s Guardian we hear the same old rubbish about cannabis. From people trying to make a living out of making cannabis sound like an evil drug […]

RBA Interest Rate: Who Really Pays for Inflation?

29 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 15

By Denis Hay Description Why RBA interest rate rises punish ordinary Australians – and what the federal government could do instead to control inflation. Australia has been told a familiar story: inflation is too […]

Execrable Drivel: The US State Department’s Cuba Report

29 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

This was certainly an occasion when the mouse roared. At least the threatened lion thought so, if the latest hysteria-streaked US State Department report on Cuba is anything to go by. Reading this travesty of […]

Devil in the detail of data centre energy rules: Climate Council

28 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Climate Council Media Release Please find below Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie’s response to today’s communique from the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council (ECMC) meeting: “It’s encouraging that most states and territories agree that […]