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Month: February 2026

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Politics

The Presumption Of Innocence Is Only There For The Right People…

26 February 2026 Rossleigh 10
It’s quite a conundrum, isn’t it? There are these Australian citizens in Syria and we don’t want them back because they might do something awful when they get back… Of course, that’s true about everyone […]
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THE FAIRY TALES WE BANK ON: How Neoliberal Myth, Regulatory Failure, and Political Cowardice Built a System That Eats the Vulnerable

26 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5
Introduction: Where There Is Ignorance, Bad Things Find a Home Where there is a lack of understanding, ignorance, then there is room for bad things to make a home for themselves. The banking sector and […]
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AIM Extra

Biblical Writ and Christian Zionism: Mike Huckabee, Tucker Carlson and Israel

26 February 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4
It was good of Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, to come clean with the witchery and superstition that marks the Bible. When a text advocating genocide, ethnic cleansing and dubious real estate advice in […]
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Politics

Governing from the Centre – But at What Cost?

26 February 2026 Roswell 19
The perception that the Albanese government is governing from the political centre – and at times shading toward conservative comfort zones – has become a recurring theme in Australian political commentary. Whether that perception is […]
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AIM Extra

The First Democracy

26 February 2026 Roger Chao 6
It’s the start of the year in a kindergarten; a small boy stands at the threshold of a room he has never entered before and performs the oldest human calculation. He doesn’t have the words […]
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AIM Extra

The Longest Night: Trump’s State of the Union Sets Record for Boasts, Beefs, and Bull

25 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 9
By Helen Reynolds   Well, I sat through it. I watched the entire, record-breaking marathon. By the end, I felt like I’d aged a term and a half myself. President Trump’s latest State of the […]
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AIM Extra

The tax and housing crisis (part 2)

25 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 5
By Lee Capocchi (Continued from Part 1) The supply of housing has been constrained for years, with house approval numbers varying little over several decades, despite the increasing population, meaning the percentage of new houses […]
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AIM Extra

Condescending and Harmful: Australia’s Social Media Ban

25 February 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2
With much in the way of pomp and false premises, the social media ban in Australia for those under 16-years-old was celebrated as a healthy incentive to encourage children to get off the screens and […]
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AIM Extra

THE THOUGHT SHAPERS: How Jillian Segal’s Agenda Threatens to Capture Australia’s Universities – and Why We Must Resist

25 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 29
Introduction Let’s be direct about what we’re facing. Jillian Segal, the government’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, has proposed a sweeping agenda that would fundamentally alter how Australian universities operate. Her plan includes “university report […]
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AIM Extra

The tax and housing crisis (part 1)

24 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 9
By Lee Capocchi Plenty has been written about the cost of tax breaks for investors and the impact it has on the market. Less has been written about “incentives” like 5% deposits and first homeowners’ […]
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AIM Extra

The Sentinel Chronicles: Book 1, Chapter 4

24 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 0
THE SENTINEL CHRONICLES Book One: In the Beginning Chapter Four: The Long Patrol As told by Elohim, The Mother of All Things Transcribed from the Eternal Archives by her Son, The Sentinel After the first […]
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How Propaganda Works in Australian Politics and Media

24 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 7
By Denis Hay   Description  How propaganda works in Australia through media repetition, political advertising, and psychology, shaping belief without censorship. Introduction: Why Propaganda Still Works on Intelligent People Many Australians believe propaganda is something […]
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AIM Extra

The Fatal Costs of the Philippines-Taiwan War Scenario

24 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 4
By Dr Dan Steinbock   The Philippines is preparing for a Taiwan war. That’s known. But the costs of that “inevitable war” are not. It’s time to address them. In August 2025, President Marcos Jr. […]
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AIM Extra

Tim Wilson Wants to Talk About Respect. But First, a Few Questions

24 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 10
Reputation laundering, borrowed credibility, and the psychology of the charm offensive – what Tim Wilson’s community forum really tells us about how he operates By Sue Barrett The Audacity of It All There is a […]
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AIM Extra

Suing for Social Media Addiction: Mark Zuckerberg takes the Stand

24 February 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2
It’s not a rare thing to see the founder of Facebook ducking and weaving before the irate comments of Congress as he explains, for yet another time, why his network does not harm, has no […]

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