March 2025

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Why The US Australia Alliance Needs a Rethink

29 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Why the US Australia alliance needs a rethink. The U.S. is no ally. Discover why Australia must distance itself to avoid war and reclaim its sovereignty. How Australia Can Safely Distance […]

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Make Your Vote Count This Election – Research, Think, and Vote Wisely

29 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 15

By Denis Hay Australia votes on 3 May. Don’t waste your power – research your candidates, vote smart, and make preferences work for you. Real change starts with you. 1. Australia Decides: 3 May is […]

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The Watchers

29 March 2025 Roger Chao 1

In the hush of evening they arrived, five silent shapes in cloaks of night, Drifting like ghosts through the village green, casting a shadow of quiet might. Their footsteps whispered on cobblestones worn smooth by […]

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Thoughts and prayers for sale

29 March 2025 Roswell 16

“Only in America”. We’ve all heard it. It’s a phrase used when something outrageously crazy or idiotic happens in America that would only happen in America. Such an example is The White House Faith Office, […]

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Letter to the editor from Morrie Moneyweather, Toorak

28 March 2025 John Lord 3

Dear Sire. In response to your comments bout my sons yearr 12 results fot year 2024. All those comments pertaining to my last letter were just what I would have expected from the left wing […]

Dutton’s ‘imitation reservation’ is a cynical hoax, Labor must step up with a real solution

28 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Australian Worker’s Union Media Release Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s announcement of a so-called ‘gas reservation scheme’ is a cynical hoax designed to mislead Australians instead of genuinely addressing the nation’s gas retention problem, according to […]

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Political Futures: Budget Reply Framed with Illusions

28 March 2025 Denis Bright 5

After an initial appeal to a limited national sovereignty, the Opposition Leader’s Address in Reply talks up a conventional policy route towards a stronger Australia. President Trump offers a similar style of populism in the […]

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Election must focus on easing hardship, not stoke fear and division

28 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release With the federal election campaign now underway, ACOSS is urging all parties and candidates to deliver real solutions to address the hardship people are facing, rising inequality […]

Authoritarian Politics: Netanyahu’s War on Israeli Institutions

28 March 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 12

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a war on many fronts. He has ended the tense ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza in spectacularly bloody fashion and resumed bombing of Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. […]

Not in my name

28 March 2025 Roger Chao 0

In this quiet hour, I summon words, a humble man amidst shadows long, To speak of wounds not my own, to voice a plea so loud and strong. For streets that haunt with harried silence, […]

Meet Craig Hill – Legalise Cannabis Party Candidate for Bonner

28 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 24

My name is Craig Hill, and I’m proud to be standing as the Legalise Cannabis Party candidate for the federal seat of Bonner at the upcoming election. Our party believes it’s time for honest, evidence-based […]

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Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Coalition’s budget reply contained no plan for supporting those on the lowest incomes or addressing the housing affordability crisis. “Nothing in the Coalition’s plan would permanently […]

Numbers don’t lie: $0 for nuclear, $1.3bn for polluting gas and bucketloads of climate harm in Opposition’s budget reply

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

The Climate Council Media Release Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply details the Liberal-National Party’s polluting policies on energy and climate change: $0 for nuclear begs the question: is the party now walking away from […]

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Peter Dutton and the LNP’s Fuel Excise Flip-Flop: A Masterclass in Hypocrisy 101

27 March 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 9

Spoiler Alert: His Principles Have a ‘Best Before’ Date of May 2025. Introduction Oh, how the tables have turned or more accurately, how they’ve been ‘violently yeeted’ into oncoming traffic. After years of clutching their […]

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Economics Committee reports on ASIC

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

The Department of the House of Representatives Media Release The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has released the final report for its reviews of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) annual reports of 2021, 2022 […]

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