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Football: Australia’s other religion

16 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Maria Millers The FIFA World Cup captured the imagination of many Australians, particularly the young. And while the loss to Egypt on penalties was heartbreaking for the many fans who braved the cold and rain […]

All hail Marco Rubio, Potentate of Venezuela

16 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Walt Zlotow As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio is charged with using wise, disciplined diplomacy to promote peace thruout the world. As Senator for 14 years Rubio did the opposite, auditioning for Secretary […]

Genetic clues reveal rare Australian wattle is quietly heading for extinction

16 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

Adelaide University Media Release A threatened South Australian plant has been slowly declining for more than 3000 years, with new genetic research revealing it is now on the brink of extinction and should be recognised […]

Albanese rolls out the red carpet to data centre ‘energy vampires’, delays meaningful legislation

16 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called for an urgent pause on data centre approvals, after Anthony Albanese revealed the government’s AI legislation won’t be introduced until 2027. The PM outlined plans […]

Craig Foster Kicking Goals For Humanity

16 July 2026 David Ayliffe 1

How Sport demonstrates our need for Rules Based Order, so we don’t fail the fairness Test. I was delighted when former Socceroo, broadcaster, film producer, author, and refugee advocate Craig Foster agreed to be interviewed […]

Sectors welcome Senate call to remove limits on end-of-life care at home

16 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

Palliative Care Australia Media Release Older people with life-limiting illness should be able to receive the care they need at home, without their support being constrained by fixed funding and time restrictions, Ageing Australia and […]

Power and Glory, or should that be Gory?

15 July 2026 Bert Hetebry 2

Recent travels have put me in a reflective mood. Trying to understand the fears which we live under, the arrogance of post colonialism, the sense of self-righteousness, the ongoing repression of indigenous people through the […]

“Please don’t interrupt my addiction”

15 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

By Maria Millers For many the first instinct on waking is to lean over for that rectangular piece of glass that has become a constant companion of modern living: the mobile phone. But last Wednesday for […]

Why Australia’s new office marks a turning point for AI governance

15 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

RMIT University Media Release The Federal Government has today announced a new Office of AI within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, alongside plans for a national artificial intelligence framework. An RMIT expert […]

New AI office must make good on PM’s pledge for additional renewable energy to power new data centres

15 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Climate Council Media Release The new Office of AI – announced today in a speech by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – must enforce his directive that new Australian data centres bring additional renewable energy to […]

Fearing Justice: Rubio Gets Bolshie About the ICC

15 July 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Why are they so afraid? The Trump administration, pathologically obsessed about the exaggerated reach of the International Criminal Court, have decided to take to the barricades. In a July 13 media note released by a […]

Pauline Hanson’s Trump embrace is electoral suicide

15 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By Peter Brown Pauline Hanson’s flirtation with Trump is not just tone-deaf – it’s likely to be politically fatal. While the odds are already heavily stacked against Hanson ever becoming Australia’s prime minister – […]

A Word from the Commission

15 July 2026 David Tyler 7

A Word From the Commission A Clarke and Dawe tribute This sketch is written in the tradition of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, whose weekly interviews, first on A Current Affair and then for many […]

The Hidden Dimension of Learning – When Understanding Becomes a Prelude to Control

15 July 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 7

Introduction: When Science Turns Its Gaze to Mechanism On 8 July 2026, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT published a remarkable study. Scientists discovered that when monkeys learn to recognise new objects, neural […]

Headline: We heard you

14 July 2026 AIMN Editorial 19

When we recently switched from instant email article alerts to a single Weekly Digest, we did it to save your inbox from the clutter, and feedback alerted us that this was not to everyone’s liking. […]