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Obama personage rises, presidency fades ten years out

20 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 0
By Walt Zlotow   The Obama Presidential Center opened Thursday with Super Bowl style hoopla for one of the most beloved American leaders this century. As one Chicagoan reminisced about meeting the candidate in an […]
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In praise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation

19 June 2026 Noel Wauchope 12
You can laugh. You can sneer. But we will show you! BUT… the time needs action, not just words. FIRST ACTION. We must get rid of compulsory voting. That is the Nanny State in operation. […]
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Is One Nation fit to govern Australia? What would their team look like?

19 June 2026 John Lord 17
Considering where her party stands today, the statement is fair: One Nation is not fit to govern Australia. Picture Pauline Hanson as Australia’s Prime Minister. Can you see her at the United Nations, holding court […]
AIM Extra

The Philosopher and the Author – Marx, Dickens, and the Unfinished Struggle Against Extraction

19 June 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6
Dedicated to my wife – my co-conspirator, my always, the one who has always understood that the thread never truly frays. Introduction: Two Witnesses to the Same Fire Karl Marx and Charles Dickens were not […]
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Who exactly is Pauline Hanson fighting for?

19 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 16
By Helen Reynolds For nearly three decades, Pauline Hanson has built her political career around a simple proposition: that she stands up for the “Aussie battler.” It is a powerful image. The struggling family trying […]
AIM Extra

Australia’s councils to vote on landmark motion calling for big polluters to pay for climate damage

19 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 4
Climate Media Centre Media Release Local government leaders from across Australia will vote on a landmark motion at the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) National General Assembly next week, 23–25 June 2026 in Canberra. The […]
AIM Extra

Nasty Fictions: The Global University Ranking System

19 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4
Ranking universities remains a misleading, fatuous exercise as useful as comparing the tasteful qualities of, say, dependable Russian piroshki with those of an aromatic beef rendang. Chalk and cheese; apples and oranges. But this nasty […]
AIM Extra

Poking the Fish ‘n’ Chips Bear (Sort of)

18 June 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 2
Dedicated to my wife – who knows exactly which bears to poke. Introduction: When the Bear Blocks First I posted a comment on X. Nothing extraordinary – a mild jest, a raised eyebrow, a screenshot […]
AIM Extra

Pauline Hanson and the Global Populist Wave: Lessons for Australia

18 June 2026 Michael Taylor 4
Pauline Hanson is not an isolated Australian figure. She forms part of an international pattern of right-wing populist politics that has reshaped debate in many Western democracies. Leaders like Trump in the United States, Farage […]
AIM Extra

Fact-Checking Pauline Hanson’s 2026 National Press Club Address

18 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 10
By Peter Brown In her address to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson targeted immigration, spending, and social policy, relying on several assertions that clash directly with official data and legislative facts. […]
AIM Extra

What Hanson’s plan to defund the SBS and paywall the ABC could mean for Australia

18 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 11
RMIT University Media Release At One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson’s first address at the National Press Club, she vowed to remove taxpayer funding from SBS and significantly curtail the ABC’s reach and accessibility. An RMIT […]
AIM Extra

Political Donations and Lobbying: Who Influences Australia?

18 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 3
By Denis Hay   Description How do political donations and lobbying influence Australia? Examining foreign policy, international law, transparency and democracy. Introduction Australia prides itself on being a democratic nation governed by the rule of […]
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Senseless, Failed war from Day 1 to Day 112… From ‘regime change’ to ‘hail to war winner Iran’

18 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 8
By Walt Zlotow   This brief juxtaposition captures a dramatic shift in tone – from revolutionary encouragement backed by American power to formal diplomatic recognition and massive economic engagement – in just over three months. […]
AIM Extra

When Trump came to the National Press Club

17 June 2026 AIMN Editorial 22
By Peter Brown  For a moment, it was easy to forget that the speaker standing at the National Press Club was Pauline Hanson. The themes were familiar. Immigration was blamed for almost every social problem. […]
AIM Extra

Emulated Silliness: The UK Under-16 Social Media Ban

17 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2
Never make laws regarding the unmeasurable and the uncontainable. The silliness of these injunctive measures can only come back and bite. Prohibit brothels, and decent whoring goes into, quite literally, dens of unmonitored squalor, lacking […]

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