July 2025

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Trump’s Japan investment claim doesn’t pass the pub test

26 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Peter Brown In a recent Truth Social post, Donald Trump claimed to have brokered a “massive Deal” with Japan in which the country would invest $550 billion into the United States, delivering 90% […]

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Why Programmable Money Raises Alarming Questions

26 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Denis Hay Part 1 Description Programmable money could reshape Australia’s financial system – learn why central bank digital currency raises urgent concerns for democracy and freedom. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? […]

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Albo vs Trump: Who won?

26 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 11

By Peter Brown The situation surrounding the U.S.-Australia beef trade deal is a mix of political posturing and practical realities. President Trump has claimed a major victory, boasting that Australia’s decision to ease restrictions on […]

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A day in the life of the Murdoch media – the Australian edition

26 July 2025 Roswell 2

6:00 AM – The Murdoch News Alarm goes off. It’s Rowan Dean screaming “WOKE!” from a grandfather clock that hasn’t worked since the Howard years. Interns sprint to their desks, where headlines are already pre-written: “Labor’s […]

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Trump’s Scottish love affair: haggis, hatred, and hilarious hype

26 July 2025 Michael Taylor 8

Scotland, the land of lefties, lochs, kilts, and coos (that’s cows to you non-Gaelic speakers), is buzzing – or rather, bagpiping – with controversy. The Scots, known for their love of haggis and their left-leaning […]

The Epstein Files: Trump’s legal storm is only getting worse

26 July 2025 Michael Taylor 9

As the drip-feed of revelations from the Epstein files continues, a grim reality is settling over Donald Trump’s inner circle: the legal storm they once believed they could spin their way out of is now […]

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There is nothing that stirs the heart of a political tragic more than the first sitting of Parliament

25 July 2025 John Lord 6

The first indication of a new sitting of Parliament comes with the release of the latest polling. It shows yet another setback for the LNP. The Poll Bludger (the best place to go for poll […]

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George Orwell was an optimist

25 July 2025 Dr James Moylan 2

As a species, we have come a long way. It all started with a stone age. Then after a bronze, iron, industrial and plastic period, we stumbled into an information age. All of which illustrates […]

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How Citizen-Led Political Change Can Reshape Australia

25 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Citizen-led political change is rising. Discover how Australians can unite to shift power from elites to the people through grassroots reform. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play […]

“Somebody from the Opposition says…” – Media grapples with life after Peter Dutton

25 July 2025 Roswell 4

Intro It was the moment that rocked Australian journalism to its very core: Peter Dutton was gone, and with his departure the right-wing media had lost its favourite blunt instrument – and now they don’t […]

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Caught in Belgium: Universal Jurisdiction and the IDF

25 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

Two soldiers find themselves in Belgium attending the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium. Entertainment beckons. The festival, held near Antwerp, attracts somewhere in the order of 400,000 guests over the course of two weekends. The […]

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A beef deal too far?

25 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

By Peter Brown The first sitting week of Australia’s new Parliament should have been an opportunity to reset national priorities – health, housing, cost of living, climate resilience. Instead, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finds himself […]

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Housing tax reform the key to economic sustainability and productivity

25 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

Everybody’s Home Media Release With property investor tax breaks costing billions every year, making housing more expensive and hindering productivity, Everybody’s Home is urging the government’s economic reform roundtable to make housing tax reform a […]

Rubio AWOL from Gang of 25 condemning US-enabled Israeli genocide in Gaza

24 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Walt Zlotow The foreign ministers of these 25 Western nations had the moral backbone to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza and call for its end: UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, […]

Chris Kenny criticises One Nation

24 July 2025 Michael Taylor 13

In a rare public rebuke coming from one of Australia’s prominent right-wing voices, Sky News’ Chris Kenny tore into Pauline Hanson and her three fellow One Nation senators for their symbolic gesture at yesterday’s first […]

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