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Month: September 2025

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Politics

Jacinta Price’s defection: How’s that working out?

9 September 2025 Michael Taylor 9
In the wake of the Liberal Party’s bruising defeat in the May 2025 federal election, where Anthony Albanese’s Labor secured a decisive second term amid a Liberal collapse, the party desperately sought fresh blood to […]
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AIM Extra

Goldgate: How Howard’s 1997 Fire-Sale Cost Australians Billions

9 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 14
In Australian politics, John Howard and Peter Costello built reputations as the “responsible economic managers” who supposedly safeguarded the nation’s prosperity. Yet buried in that legacy lies a decision that reads less like prudence and […]
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Satire

It’s Ok, I Voted For A Dictatorship!

8 September 2025 Rossleigh 2
The trouble with democracy is that sometimes the wrong people win. I know this because I’ve heard many people – both left and right – complain about an election result and some even go as […]
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 18)

8 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
Chapter 18: Over-Policing and Incarceration A Colonial Inheritance From the earliest days of colonisation, police forces in Australia were created not to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but to control them. The Native […]
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Politics

Is President Trump a Dictator in the Making?

8 September 2025 Michael Taylor 6
Trump is not yet a dictator. But he is rehearsing the role – and the hand-picked audience, disturbingly, seems to be warming to the performance. The word “dictator” carries heavy weight. It conjures images of […]
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Politics

Renaming Defense Dept. War Dept. wrong but accurately describes deranged US perpetual war policy

7 September 2025 AIMN Editorial 1
By Walt Zlotow President Trump’s Executive Order renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War disgraces and dishonours everything America should stand for in the community of nations. What is that? Most importantly, peace […]
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Politics

The Way We Were

7 September 2025 AIMN Editorial 4
By James Moore   We put Scotty at first base because he was unable to really run. Whenever he tried, his withered left leg appeared to move out of his control, touching the ground without […]
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Satire

Trump’s government gets a rebrand

7 September 2025 Roswell 6
President Trump has once again proven he’s a man of clarity. Subtlety is for losers. The Pentagon is no longer run by the “Department of Defence.” Too wishy-washy. Too soft. Too woke. From now on, […]
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AIM Extra

From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 17)

7 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 17: The Myth of “It’s Over Now” “That Was a Long Time Ago” One of the most persistent responses to truth-telling about colonisation is the claim: “It’s all in the past. That was a […]
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Politics

The Parallel Playbook: Nationalism and Anti-Immigration

7 September 2025 AIMN Editorial 8
By Helen Reynolds   In Australia, the “March for Australia” rallies lit a fuse. Thousands hit the streets in Sydney, Melbourne, and beyond, demanding an end to “mass migration,” with organisers tying it to housing […]
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Sussan Ley’s “culture of dependency” is a fantasy that hurts struggling Australians

7 September 2025 Michael Taylor 9
The phrase “culture of dependency” is a classic, cynical political trope. It’s designed to conjure images of the lazy and the undeserving, a convenient scapegoat for complex economic problems. So, when Opposition Leader Sussan Ley […]
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Politics

AI Governance in Australia Could Transform Democracy

7 September 2025 AIMN Editorial 9
By Denis Hay   Description Discover how AI governance in Australia could deliver fairer policies, protect social justice, and give citizens real power. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction Most Australians […]
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Satire

A masterclass in coherent incoherence

6 September 2025 Roswell 21
In a stunning press conference that left reporters, historians, and neurologists scratching their heads, House Speaker Mike Johnson proudly announced that President Donald Trump had, in fact, served as a deep-cover FBI informant responsible for […]
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Politics

From Hanson to Price: the politics of resentment

6 September 2025 Michael Taylor 7
In the playhouse of Australian politics, Senators Pauline Hanson and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price stand out as influential conservative voices. While their backgrounds and personal journeys differ significantly, their political alignment, voting records, and public stances […]
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 16)

6 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 16: First Nations in Canada and New Zealand – Shared Struggles, Shared Survival Settler Colonies of the British Empire Australia was not unique. Canada and New Zealand were also settler colonies of the British […]

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