November 2025

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Monash expert: Zohran Mamdani wins New York Mayoral election

5 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Monash University Media Release Democratic Mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has won the New York Mayoral election race, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian candidate to govern the largest city in the United States of […]

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Why Childcare Industry Privatisation Is Failing Families

5 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Description This article explains why the childcare industry privatisation in Australia is failing families due to weak oversight and the misuse of public funds. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? […]

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Building the Cage: How Labor Built Neoliberalism and Called it Partnership (Part 2)

5 November 2025 David Tyler 14

Why You Can’t Strike in Melbourne (But You Can in Caracas) Australia has built the democratic world’s most sophisticated legal architecture for preventing workers from exercising collective power. We didn’t ban strikes. We just made […]

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The Sacred Architecture of Truth: A Shield Against the Predator’s Gaze

5 November 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5

There exists a fundamental law of human dignity, as real as gravity: When a being understands their own power and sees the path to their own heart’s home, the desire to control others withers and […]

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Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 4)

4 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 4

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 7: The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy After defining who we are as a people, the next […]

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Vanity Fear: Trump’s Halloween Ball and the Eternal Carnival of Stupidity

4 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 4

William Thackeray wrote Vanity Fair to mock the vain and the greedy. Two centuries later, they’ve rented a ballroom, called it a fundraiser, and billed the taxpayer for the hors d’oeuvres. The puppets keep dancing […]

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Ribicoff nailed Chicago street mayhem… just 57 years before it arrived

4 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Walt Zlotow August 26, 1968 is a date seared in my political junky memory. As a Vietnam war opponent supporting George McGovern for president, I settled in to watch Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff […]

Regional Australians react to the Nationals’ backflip on net zero

4 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Climate Media Centre The Nationals’ decision to ditch net zero fails to protect the best interests of the regional Australians they claim to represent. Regional Australians are the most impacted by climate change. Doing less […]

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Chris Breen for NSW Teachers Federation President

4 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Jane Salmon Who is Chris Breen? Priya’s Loving Parent – and a Dedicated Educator Public schools are stretched to breaking point. Class sizes balloon, workloads rise, and teachers are asked to perform miracles on […]

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When empathy has a guest list

4 November 2025 Michael Taylor 8

On November 2, aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump was asked about King Charles stripping Prince Andrew of his last remaining royal title. The president’s response was swift and unambiguous: “I feel very badly… It’s […]

Building the Cage: How Labor Built Neoliberalism and Called it Partnership (Part 1)

4 November 2025 David Tyler 15

How Labor Built Neoliberalism and Betrayed the Workers The Australian Labor Party has lost its way. Once the party of the ordinary worker, the champion of fair wages and decent conditions, it has become just […]

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The Silicon Thirst: When Data Drinks the World Dry

4 November 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

We live in an age of digital miracles, where intelligence is artificial and clouds are not in the sky, but in warehouses. Yet, this ethereal realm has a staggering physical appetite, one that is quietly […]

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Farmers speak out on Net Zero – Key facts on climate and pollution reduction goals

3 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Farmers for Climate Action Media Release In light of recent events and on behalf of its 8,400 farmer members, Farmers for Climate Action points out some key facts. The cost of climate change is enormous. […]

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Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 3)

3 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 6

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 5: Protecting Sovereignty and Transparency Protecting Sovereignty and Transparency In the last part we explored how fairness and dignity become the foundation of the republic’s economy. Now […]

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Nationals’ net zero backflip would escalate disaster costs for regional communities

3 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Climate Council Media Release The Nationals’ decision to ditch the net zero position it signed up to in 2021 as part of the Coalition will be costly for regional communities and farmers being hit by […]

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