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Social Justice

How Mental Health is a Social Justice Issue

February 20, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay  Description Mental health is a social justice issue. Learn how inequality, policy failures, and economic disparity impact mental well-being and what solutions exist. Introduction Mental health is often framed as a personal […]

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As a community we must help our youth make the right choices for life

February 20, 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Maria Millers There seems to be a growing unease in the community as the media constantly reports car thefts, home invasions and high-speed chases, sometimes involving children as young as 10. The statistics appear […]

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Whyalla steelworks: joint union statement

February 20, 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

AWU, AMWU, ETU, MUA Media Release The Australian Workers’ Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, Electrical Trades Union and Maritime Union of Australia welcome the South Australian and Federal Government’s $2 billion support plan for the […]

Politics

The rise and rise of the right

February 20, 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

One from the archives on our sister site, published by Bert Hetenbry. I hate it when this happens: stroll into a bookshop and see a book that looks good, read the cover notes and spend […]

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Before we decide where to dump nuclear waste, let’s answer the bigger questions

February 19, 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

Australians for Affordable Energy Media Release Australians for Affordable Energy is urging caution following calls for South Australia to become a nuclear power hub and waste storage site, warning fundamental questions about nuclear remain unanswered. […]

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Statement regarding Whyalla Steelworks

February 19, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Australian Workers’ Union Media Release Paul Farrow, AWU National Secretary: The Australian Workers’ Union strongly backs urgent government intervention to secure the future of Whyalla Steelworks and its workforce. The steelworks is a critical pillar […]

Politics

Clenching my buttocks & keeping it short ‘n light

February 19, 2025 Dr James Moylan 10

I like to rummage about in the back drawers of our culture, dig out a bunch of glittery gee-gaws and trinkets, and then play with them in public. I have been called a ‘Cultural Commentator’ […]

Politics

Peter Dutton: Then and now, always the wrong man for the job

February 18, 2025 John Lord 7

Those of you who read my weekly missives could not but conclude other than l have very little time for Peter Dutton. Others, more credentialed than l, also have little time for him. I promise […]

Politics

How bloody well informed are we? It doesn’t look good!

February 18, 2025 Jon Chesterson 12

This is the dead land*   this is cactus land here the stone images   are raised, here they receive the supplication of a dead man’s hand   under the twinkle of a fading star. […]

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Australia needs more than a rate cut

February 18, 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS urges all parties and candidates to commit to delivering more direct support rather than rely on the Reserve Bank to address financial hardship following today’s rate […]

Social Justice

How Social Justice Shapes Health Equity in Australia

February 18, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Discover how social justice shapes health and how it affects healthcare access and equity in Australia. Introduction: The Link Between Social Justice and Health Picture this: Two Australians, both needing urgent […]

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Shortages of pain relief medications unresolved – still!

February 18, 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Palliative Care Australia Media Release Growing shortages of essential palliative care medicines in Australia are having a devastating impact on patients, especially those nearing the end of life, and the clinicians who care for them. […]

Environment

TOMORROW: Protest the approval of South32’s destructive bauxite expansion!

February 18, 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

WA Forest Alliance Following the WA Government’s reckless decision to approve South32’s bauxite mine expansion last year, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has chosen to greenlight South32’s massive bauxite expansion in the Northern Jarrah Forest, […]

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Less than seven per cent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe

February 18, 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

Oxfam Australia Media Release Nearly 1,700 kilometres of water and sanitation networks have been destroyed Big-ticket repairs of networks urgently needed but Israel baulks in approving supplies  The resumption of aid into Gaza, including fuel […]

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A dramatic development in the Ukraine situation

February 18, 2025 Noel Wauchope 34

The shut-down Chernobyl nuclear reactor was hit by a drone on 14th February, and its outer covering was breached. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was quick to gloss over the impact from the latest […]

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