December 2025

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A Very Special New Year’s Message to all “Radical Left Scum”

31 December 2025 Roswell 8

Dearest radical left scum, What a holiday glow-up! Thanks to a certain festive bulletin from the highest office in the known universe, we were officially acknowledged in President Trump’s Christmas message: “Merry Christmas to all, […]

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Spyware and Murder: The NSO Group, Governments and Khashoggi

31 December 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

The efforts to hold the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate in October 2018 continue. In his complex connubial life, the slain scribbler […]

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Support at Home: What the Sector is Saying About Restorative Care Delays, CHSP Disruption and Referral Confusion

31 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By A Concerned Reader As Australia’s new Support at Home (SaH) program beds in, clinicians, providers, advocacy groups and sector commentators are reporting a growing gap between policy intent and on-the-ground reality. Three issues are emerging […]

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Predictions For 2026 (Number 5 Is Definitely Clickbait But Number 6 Is A Surprise!)

31 December 2025 Rossleigh 4

I’m just back from seeing “Wicked – For Good” at the cinema… Just to explain in case you aren’t aware, this is the film based on the second part of “Wicked” the Musical which is […]

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No 1 for 2025: I am ANTIFA

31 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Michael Taylor’s I am ANTIFA – published in September – takes out the Number 1 spot for our most widely read article for the year. The article was also republished locally by Independent Australia, Pearls […]

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Dear Humanity

31 December 2025 Roger Chao 7

Dear Humanity, On this last day of 2025, I am writing to you simply as another human being among you, bewildered, implicated, and still, somehow, hopeful. This year has been darker than most of us […]

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Aged Care Tightens Its Belt, AUKUS Loosens Its Own: An Interview in Satire

30 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

BY JENNIFER EVANS INTERVIEWER: Minister, thank you for joining us. MINISTER: Always a pleasure. INTERVIEWER: Minister, people are concerned that aged care funding appears to be… disappearing. MINISTER: I wouldn’t say disappearing. INTERVIEWER: Moving? MINISTER: […]

The Stakes of a Ley Victory – What a Coalition Government Would Mean for Australia

30 December 2025 David Tyler 10

Part 4: Sussan Ley’s Opposition isn’t just fighting to win – it’s fighting to reshape Australia. From climate backsliding to a new era of culture wars, a Ley-led government would roll back progress on every […]

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Why ASIO and AFP Fail to Protect Public Safety

30 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Denis Hay Description Despite significant funding, ASIO and AFP fail to protect public safety, but whistleblowers and journalists face prosecution. Introduction Australians are told that strong security laws and large intelligence budgets keep them […]

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After that press conference, the United States should no longer broker peace

30 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 14

By Peter Brown Watching the press conference between President Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not just uncomfortable – it was disqualifying. It wasn’t merely that it was awkward, or chaotic, or diplomatically […]

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Bypassing the Murdoch Machine; How Labor Can Win the Narrative War

30 December 2025 David Tyler 6

Part Three: Bypassing the Murdoch Machine. How Labor Can Win the Narrative War The Murdoch press and the Advance network didn’t just shape the last election; they rigged the rules. But from the rise of […]

A Statement of Omission

30 December 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5

A recent U.S. airstrike in Nigeria, coordinated with the nation’s authorities, has elicited a forceful response from Australian Senator Michaelia Cash. Her declaration – “ISIS is evil… Australia should always stand with partners confronting Islamist […]

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Month: December 2025