The Australian Independent Media Network

Climate Lies and Lives at Stake

9 July 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 0

Climate Lies and Lives at Stake – When the Fossil Fuel Industry, Corporations, and Consultants Collude to Kill the Future Dedicated to my wife, who taught me that true courage is not facing the facts […]

Deferring a Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks

9 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

Ceasefires in the Middle East seem especially susceptible to revision, alteration and contradiction. Missiles still get fired; airstrikes initiated. Destruction to infrastructure, and death, follows. Yet despite the misunderstandings, the sniping and the harrying, these […]

Palliative Care Australia welcomes move to establish permanent First Nations Aged Care Commissioner

8 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

Palliative Care Australia Media Release Palliative Care Australia (PCA) says the Australian Government’s move to establish the first permanent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner role is an important step towards safer, fairer […]

Demagogue Stunt: Nigel Farage’s By-Election Gambit

8 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Nigel Farage is not a picture of happiness. As Britain’s version of Trumpism (only a version, never a facsimile), the leader of Reform UK had been flying high in the polls. But his themes are […]

Not engaging in philosophy (an extract from the writer’s diary)

8 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 5

I am on the verge of getting all philosophical in public. Which is not the way that this relationship should unfold. As a columnist I am supposed to highlight a problem and then provide a […]

The World’s Most Admired Nation (According to One Man)

8 July 2026 Michael Taylor 7

President Trump assures the faithful, with unwavering confidence, that the United States is now “the hottest country in the world.” The crowds cheer enthusiastically. One suspects that, before long, someone will suggest engraving it on […]

Shag, Marry, Date debacle

8 July 2026 Bert Hetebry 24

Oh dear, our Prime Minister has been caught out again. Trying to be Mr Ordinary when asked to engage in a game which objectifies women, he said OK. The game was to judge a woman […]

Government for the Common Good is serving us well. May it continue to do so.

7 July 2026 John Lord 7

The relationship between politics and the common good remains a central and contested issue within Australian politics. This essay argues that, in contemporary Australia, partisan interests and the pursuit of political power largely overshadow efforts […]

Rate rises: but in whose interest

7 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Dr Martha Knox-Haly Let’s get straight to the essentials. One, the Reserve Bank of Australia is not doing its job (and raising interest rates is not going to help the RBA do its job […]

World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA and the Meddlesome US President

7 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

Yet again, FIFA, and its chief, Gianni Infantino, have distinguished the game of football by showing what it is all about. Not glorious athletes representing code and country across the globe. Not the sense of […]

It’s time to rethink how we buy, wear and repair clothes

7 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

Adelaide University Media Release A new Adelaide University report has found South Australians are still overwhelmingly buying clothes new, despite growing awareness of circular fashion options. In its survey of almost 600 South Australian residents […]