November 2025

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The threats that didn’t fade

24 November 2025 Michael Taylor 3

When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on. Following President Trump’s November 20, 2025, […]

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Keeping it Dull: Australia’s Compulsory Voting System

24 November 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 20

There has been an insufferable degree of smugness of late in the chatting classes about Australia’s electoral system. A special for Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced by veteran journalist Annabel Crabb has done much to swell […]

Patriots Without Borders: A Grand Tour of Global MAGA

24 November 2025 Roswell 3

X has introduced a new feature that shows the country an account is posting from – and within seconds, the entire MAGA universe experienced mass, unplanned international travel. Suddenly, the loudest voices insisting they are […]

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Australia’s Compensation System: The Perfect Storm of Home-Based Injuries, Mental Health Neglect, and Telehealth inadequacy

24 November 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 1

Introduction: The New Workplace Reality Exposes Systemic Flaws The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation’s workers’ compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries […]

The Midas Curse: How Mining Interests Own Australia’s Democracy

23 November 2025 David Tyler 4

“You can’t always get what you want,” sang The Rolling Stones. The Australian mining lobby never received the memo. For decades, it has secured its every wish: a royalty regime that ranks among the world’s […]

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Australia’s Media Crisis: What Works Overseas, Why We Fail, and How We Build Something Better

23 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2

When Peter FitzSimons asked what kind of legislation actually works – and which countries are doing it better – he pointed to the heart of a quiet national crisis. Australia doesn’t lack intelligence, civics, or […]

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A blade in the hand: how did it get there?

23 November 2025 Roger Chao 5

In recent months Victoria has confronted a troubling and deeply consequential challenge: a rise in youth violence. A spate of high-profile incidents, from a violent attack in a Melbourne shopping centre to assaults in suburban […]

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Parochialism, Justice and International Law: Türkiye’s Genocide Warrants for Israel

23 November 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

The authorities in Türkiye have hit their stride regarding international humanitarian law, a subject they are not always consistent about. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the defence minister Israel Katz, and others, are facing […]

The Day Democracy Died

23 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By James Moore (I am offering below a piece I began writing years ago regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I have published it previously but will likely do so again in the […]

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Delivering HAFF right will change lives, the sector, and the future

23 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

Australian Community Housing Media Release The Albanese Government’s third and largest Housing Australia Future Fund round will be life changing for tens of thousands of Australians by significantly boosting Australia’s social and affordable housing. “Twenty-one […]

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The Great Betrayal: How the Albanese Government Perfected the Art of Accountability Laundering

23 November 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 13

They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coalition cruelty […]

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Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 3)

22 November 2025 David Tyler 4

This is the final part of a three-part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. Part One explored how the flood-the-zone strategy and attention economy make outrages […]

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How Decolonising Australia’s Economy Can Build a Just Future

22 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Decolonising Australia. Discover how Australia can decolonise its economy using Indigenous-led models, justice-driven policy, and monetary sovereignty. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Invisible Chains of Colonisation […]

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Asset-Stripping a Nation: How Australia’s Government is Trading Your Future for Empire

22 November 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 2

A third of Australian families are food insecure. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, the government has committed up to $368 […]

Time never diminishes the crime. The crime of ignorance, that is

21 November 2025 John Lord 9

After more than 15 years of missteps and miscalculations regarding climate change policy, the Liberal and National parties have repeatedly demonstrated an alarming level of ignorance. Their failure to grasp the urgency and complexity of […]

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