Politics
Trump and the five dollars
By Christopher Kennedy Two months ago I wrote an article, in this publication, where I placed a five dollar bet that the USA was going to fall into civil war. In part it was tongue […]
Year: 2025
Environment
Low interest loans for low emissions machinery
Farmers for Climate Action Media Release Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) has warmly welcomed news that low emissions heavy equipment, trucks and utes will be eligible for low interest loans under a new scheme supported […]
Politics
Academic tests if DeepSeek and ChatGPT can help fight disinformation-fueled radicalisation
Charles Darwin University forensic linguistics expert Dr Awni Etaywe is a lecturer in linguistics and a forensic linguistics researcher focusing on terrorism, incitement to hatred, radicalisation and genocide, and digital deviance. Dr Etaywe fed sections […]
Politics
Australians must not ignore the Religious right’s global warnings 2.0
This essay was first published at the AIMN in September 2022. Since then the world has changed dramatically. Much of that change has been strategically orchestrated by networks of operations, with substantial funding from fossil […]
AIM Extra
Funeral Atmospherics at the British Library
On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and staff from the […]
Social Justice
Alarming rise in persistent homelessness revealed
Homelessness Australia Media Release The latest Productivity Commission Report on Government Services has revealed a 25% surge in persistent homelessness over the past five years, highlighting an urgent need for increased investment in long-term support […]
Politics
The Doomsday Clock is completely ignored
By Alasdair Black The Doomsday Clock has just been moved closer to midnight than ever, at 89 seconds to midnight, citing nuclear war threat, global warming and “Artificial Intelligence!” Commonly called AI. We need to […]
Politics
Shhhhh… Listen. Can you hear the songlines?
Bruce Chatwin published his book Songlines in 1987. From the cover notes: ‘I have a vision of the Songlines stretching across the continents and ages; that where ever man have trodden they have left a […]
Satire
Great Expectations
“A morality play of a young boy’s coming of age; and his sudden and unexpected rise from the lower to that of the leisure class.” (Charles Dickens: Great Expectations). Kevin Rudd was a prissy little […]
AIM Extra
Australian Sovereignty: Steps to Regain Independence
By Denis Hay Description Learn how Australian sovereignty can be reclaimed while mitigating U.S. influence. Explore actionable steps for independence without retaliation. Introduction Breaking Free: How Australia Can Regain Sovereignty from the USA? Australia’s relationship […]
Politics
Does P. Duddy think he’s got it in the bag?
Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]
Social Justice
Neoliberalism in Australia: Humanity vs. Individualism
By Denis Hay Description Discover how neoliberalism in Australia affects community, work, and empathy. Learn how reforms can promote civic life and shared prosperity. Introduction Australia has long prided itself on values of mateship, equality, […]
Politics
Housing costs continue to rise despite trimmed inflation reaching target
Master Builders Australia Media Release Some good news for the economy today with new monthly inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirming underlying inflation is below three per cent for the first time […]
Politics
With inflation falling, RBA must cut rates
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release Today’s inflation figures must prompt the RBA to cut interest rates at its February meeting to ease growing financial distress and keep people in jobs. “With inflation […]
Politics
Trade wars: Will a China-America trade war see Australia caught in the middle?
Talk of President Trump’s tariffs has invariably led to fears of trade wars should countries retaliate, with all eyes on China as the other big player. A trade war is: ”… an economic conflict often […]