January 2025

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The polar playground for a suicidal species?

7 January 2025 Noel Wauchope 2

Where to begin on this mind-boggling story about epic changes on a very small planet? Well, let’s begin on the fun part. The Australian Antarctic Program encourages some pretty innocuous recreational activities, plus of course, […]

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ABC News refuses to correct manifestly false reporting about Labor’s poverty reduction

7 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Alan Austin An interview on the 7.30 Report in November asserted falsely that poverty in Australia was worsening under the Albanese Government. That segment, as shown in an earlier analysis last month, reported that […]

Netflix Robodebt Australia’s War Against The People

7 January 2025 David Ayliffe 8

Bigger Than ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ I have just watched Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, a fantastic four part series about the ineptitude of the British Post Office and a corrupt computer […]

Was the Cold War avoidable? George Kennan.

Take Your Money and Shove it: The Second Long Telegram, US Aid, and Russia’s Economic Trauma

7 January 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

“It was as if the West’s central philosophical commitment to limited government was extirpated by a crude economic determinism that insisted on no government in Russia.” (Peter J. Stavrakis, Kennan Institute Occasional Papers, 1993). Diplomatic […]

Australian Koala Foundation to re-launch Democracy Booklet ahead of looming election

7 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Australian Koala Foundation Media Release The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) are preparing to re-launch a refreshed version of their ‘Democracy Booklet’ initiative ahead of the federal election this year. The campaign will run for ten […]

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Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 1)

7 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Jenny Hocking Abstract Gough Whitlam was deeply committed to the preservation of history, and keenly attuned to the importance of the documentary record in the writing of it. For Whitlam, the written record – […]

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As the world turned to shit, the Coalition turned to religion

6 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]

The Party That Killed Democracy

6 January 2025 David Ayliffe 4

The demise of Western Democracy has been predicted in various ways over the years. It all started I think with The Party, or at least a Party. Remember that party when there was lots of […]

Join the Army; Travel to Exotic, Distant Lands; and Radicalise

6 January 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

It has been popular to see political and religious radicalisation as something oddly separable from institutions of state. State institutions are meant to cope and cure the condition, not foster it. Like some errant form, […]

Politician refuses to condemn party over scandal.

The Nuclear Robodebt

6 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 9

By Christopher Kennedy Liberal Party leader Dutton has come up with the nuclear option for energy generation as his ticket to be the next prime minister. Not since the National/Liberal Party cut funding in embryonic […]

When Leaders Act Like Dogs: A Time Without Shame

6 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Sue Barrett From Guardians to Guard Dogs: How Corruption and Moral Disengagement Are Undermining Democracy The phrase, “there will come a time where there is no shame, and leaders will act like dogs” has […]

Dawn of the Don

5 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 12

By James Moore A few weeks after the recent election, we were having dinner with a small group of friends. Of course, the results of the vote began to be discussed and my buddy sitting […]

The continual cover up – Jenny Hocking on the strange disappearance of Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file

5 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

By Jenny Hocking And it is not just Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file that has been “culled” by the National Archives of Australia. The relevant Government House Guest Books at the time of the Dismissal have […]

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The Revolutionary Act of Real Conversations

5 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Sue Barrett How Conversations Build Bridges, Empower Change, and Challenge the Status Quo Conversations are the foundation of every meaningful change in society. They are the revolutionary act that empowers us to dismantle division, […]

Political Futures: More Data Can Still Erode Populist Influences

5 January 2025 Denis Bright 1

A federal budget in March 2025 offers yet another chance to broaden the economic information base for both constituents and media commentators. If the Albanese Government is defeated, expect the LNP to consolidate its hold […]

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