January 2026

Welcome to the Peace IPO: Gaza, Rebranded as a Prospectus

21 January 2026 David Tyler 5

Trump’s so‑called “Board of Peace” looks less like a new deal than Jared Kushner’s “Peace to Prosperity” 2019 plan re-branded. It’s as flash as a rat with a gold tooth in a new suit and […]

If Only George Orwell And I Had Written In Less Troubled Times…

20 January 2026 Rossleigh 6

There was a quote from George Orwell which I don’t have but as I’m doing the sort of stenographer stuff that passes for mainstream journalism these days, I don’t feel the need to find it […]

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Galloping through cultures: How horses connect humanity

20 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Chen Ziqi Every time the Chinese New Year approaches, I find myself paying closer attention to the animal of the year. Not just the symbolism, but the stories behind it, where those meanings […]

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A Helpful Guide to Who is Allowed an Opinion on America

20 January 2026 Michael Taylor 11

The irony is ripe There is a recurring message across social media, delivered with great confidence by supporters of Donald Trump: If you don’t live in the United States, you have no right to comment […]

News report on Trump's peace board proposal.

Gaza Vanishing: Trump’s Board of Peace

20 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 12

Donald Trump’s Board of Peace overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza was always going to raise a host of niggling questions. From the outset, the US President made it clear he would be the helmsman of […]

Australia pollution crisis with toxic chemicals warning.

Environmental Chemicals and Health in Australia

20 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Denis Hay Description Environmental chemicals and health risks affect Australians through work, food, and water. Learn impacts, causes and solutions. Introduction Environmental chemicals and health are inseparable issues in modern Australia. For decades, Australians […]

The Systemic Betrayal: How Australia’s ‘Integrity Architecture’ is Engineered to Fail

20 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

The 2017 “Watergate” scandal, where $80 million of taxpayer money bought questionable water rights from a Cayman Islands-linked company, seemed like a breaking point. It wasn’t. Instead, it was a high-definition symptom of a deeper, […]

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Dear Norway: It’s Me. About the Nobel

20 January 2026 Roswell 10

There are moments when satire feels redundant, because the material arrives already complete. President Trump has sent a diplomatic communiqué (or, more accurately, a grudge-text) to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. It is a […]

The View from the Fourteenth Floor

20 January 2026 Roger Chao 10

Having done a lot of work in social housing high-rises in Melbourne over the years in various guises, as well as having visited friends who lived in the towers, I have come to understand and […]

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The Mirage of the Enemy: Deconstructing Contemporary Media Bias

20 January 2026 David Tyler 10

In the opening weeks of 2026, the Western media’s portrait of Iran has reached a fever pitch of distortion. We are told, with the practised urgency of a countdown, that we are witnessing the final […]

Sussan Ley tries to rewrite history

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 20

Palestine Action Group Media Release Today has witnessed a new low in the sickening attempt by some politicians to exploit the horrific massacre at Bondi in order to attack the mass protest movement in which […]

How Did Australia Get Here?

19 January 2026 Michael Taylor 27

For the first time in Australian political history, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is polling higher than the Liberal–National Coalition. Let that sink in. A party that thrives on fear, resentment, and division – a […]

I don’t know who this is. Thoughtful person portrait.

Rev. King sadly disparaged for his opposition to Vietnam War

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Walt Zlotow On Rev. Martin Luther King Day I always reflect on the last year of his life he kicked off with his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” at New York’s […]

Sleepwalking on the Money: Inequality, Surveillance and the Cashless Society

19 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to facilitate financial transactions while avoiding such silly inconveniences as carrying cash and scouting for a […]

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Average Australian billionaire wealth grew by over half a million dollars a day in the last year

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Oxfam Australia Media Release New report calls for taxing the super-rich to tackle rampant inequality Average Australian billionaires’ wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the last year alone, or over $10.5 billion collectively, […]

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Month: January 2026