The Australian Independent Media Network

By Alicia Lucas Judge Clears Path for Environmental Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s xAI In late October 2026, Federal Judge Debra M. Brown delivered two major setbacks to Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, by refusing to […]

Monash University Media Release Monash University experts in artificial intelligence, software engineering and business law comment on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed AI safety mandates, whether the measures go far enough to prevent harmful incidents, […]

The Mouse Reads a Speech: An Introduction Featuring: The Democracy Mouse (Chief Investigator, Fart Meter Division, Rhetorical Substantiation Unit), Little Bai Loong (Lantern Keeper, Second Class, Keeper of the OECD Index), and Andrew (The Human, […]

By Denis Hay   When news coverage presents public housing, stronger workplace rights or climate action mainly as threats, readers deserve to know whether the evidence supports that framing. If you recognise that pattern, your concern […]

There is a difference between holding governments accountable and making a political career out of keeping people angry. Pauline Hanson has spent almost three decades demonstrating just how profitable the latter can be. If Australian […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock     The Marcos Jr. government continues to sell a story of economic transformation, international relevance and national renewal. But behind the rhetoric lie dire realities and an exceedingly murky future. […]

This piece is published as two parts. The first is a discussion at the kitchen table, in which the claim is examined. The second is the essay that sets out the record. They are meant […]

By Chen Ziqi From a cochlear implant designed to help users navigate noisy environments to a home-renovation solution that promises to transform a kitchen in just three days, this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) […]

Adelaide University Media Release Geologists have uncovered new evidence that dramatic sea level changes carved giant underwater canyons in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges hundreds of millions of years ago, helping to create conditions that preserved […]

There is something rather satisfying about watching Donald Trump discover that an election can have consequences. For Trump, November 3, 2026, may eventually be remembered as the moment his second presidency began to lose its […]

Australian conservatives have hitched their wagons to successive White House administrations in the post-1945 era. In Freudian terms, loyalty to the US has been so internalized that only our bravest political leaders dare to offer […]

By James Moore “Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.” (James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time). The welcome was neither intentional nor warm. Our first […]

The Democracy Mouse and the Jingle: “If Israel Falls, the West Falls” Featuring: The Democracy Mouse (Chief Investigator, Fart Meter Division, Jingle Detection Unit), Little Bai Loong (Lantern Keeper, Second Class, Keeper of the Rebuttal), […]