August 2025

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Shock Tax Hike To Slug People Who Respond To Clickbait!!

18 August 2025 Rossleigh 1

If you’re reading this, you probably already know how this works. The cycle goes something like this: Headline About Shocking State Of Government Debt DEBT TO HIT $3 TRILLION BY 2098 Government tinker with some […]

A day at a National Party policy meeting (held at a pub near a mine)

18 August 2025 Roswell 9

It’s just past 10:00am in rural Queensland, the sun already baking the tin roof of the Rusty Pickaxe Pub. The “policy meeting” is set to kick off once the schooners arrive and someone locates the […]

Penguin critiques crumbling pillars of democracy.

Something’s Rotten in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Estates

18 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 6

Part 1: The Scandal That Exposed the Rot A Quote That Never Existed On 15–16 August 2025, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) published an article claiming a Hamas co-founder had applauded Anthony Albanese’s recognition of […]

Autocrats in Alaska

17 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 9

By James Moore “Who can live with this consciousness and not wake frightened at sunrise?” (Allen Ginsberg, “The Fall of America: Poems of These States”). The American negotiator in Alaska has quite a resume’. His […]

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Facebook Censorship in Australia: Does it Protect the Status Quo?

17 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay Description Facebook censorship in Australia shields major parties and advertisers while silencing critics. Who really benefits? 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Growing Power of Facebook […]

Why must peace always rest on the shoulders of a U.S. President?

17 August 2025 Michael Taylor 7

For decades, the world has looked instinctively to Washington when war breaks out and peace feels out of reach. The President of the United States has been cast as the ultimate mediator, the one leader […]

Trump Declares Victory After Putin Summit: The Spin Begins

17 August 2025 Roswell 8

The Trump-Putin summit concluded with no ceasefire or formal deal on Ukraine after nearly three hours of talks. Yet, President Trump and his supporters are framing it as a resounding success, turning a diplomatically thin […]

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Lethal Nonsense: Antisemitism, Codes of Conduct, and the Bendigo Writers Festival

16 August 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 11

Write, but do not offend. Speak and comment, but do not divide. Observe cruelties, barbarities and murder, yet refrain from having an opinion. This is the constipating, stifling regime being put in place via suggested […]

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Trump meets with Putin: the non-event that was sold as history

16 August 2025 Michael Taylor 11

The buildup was epic. For weeks, the Trump administration talked up the meeting with Vladimir Putin as if the world was about to witness a defining moment in history. Media speculation was feverish – would […]

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Why Independent Media in Australia Deserves Your Support

16 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description Independent media in Australia expose the truth early. Discover who they are, why they matter, and how you can amplify their impact. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press […]

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The LNP’s new strategy: repeat the mistakes that cost them the election

16 August 2025 Roswell 4

Fresh from their crushing defeat in the May federal election, the LNP appears to have learned precisely nothing from the result. Voters sent a clear message: the LNP’s lurch to the far right – on […]

Australia's water crisis and restoration solutions.

From Droughts to Floods: A Holistic Plan to Secure Australia’s Water for the Next 100 Years

16 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 7

Renewable-powered desalination, advanced recycling, and Traditional Owner land management could restore our rivers, protect us from climate extremes, and create thousands of regional jobs – if we have the courage to build it. Introduction Australia’s […]

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Is Trump’s National Guard threat a racial dog whistle aiming to rig the mid-terms?

15 August 2025 Michael Taylor 7

President Trump’s latest move has the smell of a racial dog whistle – and a wilder theory is bubbling beneath it. After deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C. on August 11, he called out […]

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Sharing is power: do the neighbourly thing when it comes to solar

15 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

University of South Australia (UniSA) Media Release Australian researchers have found that households with solar panels could boost their returns by selling surplus power directly to their neighbours, known as peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing, helping […]

I don't know who this is. "Trump threatens dictatorship" text.

A question of priorities – but whose?