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Blind and Deaf to AUKUS: Australian Planners and Elusive Submarines

13 February 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the good advice of his manservant Jeeves. The Australian defence establishment has yet to find a […]

Missing person poster for elderly woman.

Guthrie kidnapping coverage symptomatic of failed mainstream media

13 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Walt Zlotow I speak as an American. There are critical issues that the American mainstream media must cover to keep the public informed. But they don’t. Issues where news is scant include: Continued […]

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The little house on the corner

13 February 2026 Roger Chao 1

I spent a couple of terms on an ACFE Regional Council and have been intimately involved with numerous projects with a range of Neighbourhood houses in the past. The first thing you notice about a […]

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“Renewal: The Canberra word for ‘Let’s try this again’.”

12 February 2026 Roswell 20

So here we are: Angus Taylor has challenged Sussan Ley for the leadership of the Liberal Party – and therefore for the exalted position of Leader of the Opposition, a role traditionally described as “Prime […]

Politicians shaking hands amid protest and destruction.

Herzog’s Visit to Australia: Just Who Is Being Comforted, and at What Cost?

12 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 21

Chris Minns, symbolism, policing, and the narrowing of dissent By Ricky Pann The five-day visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia in February 2026 was framed by the federal government as a gesture of […]

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Why Pauline Hanson will never be Australia’s prime minister

12 February 2026 Michael Taylor 12

Australian politics can produce surprises. We have seen independents overturn safe seats, minor parties hold the balance of power, and leaders rise and fall with dizzying speed. But there are limits to volatility. There are […]

Australia surveillance powers expansion announcement.

Australia Expands Preventive Detention and Surveillance Powers

12 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Denis Hay Canberra – Parliament has passed legislation expanding Australia’s preventive detention and surveillance powers under national security laws. The amendments extend existing counter-terrorism and national security laws, allowing authorities to continue using preventive […]

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A Sermon of Despair: When Empires Bill the Ruins for Their Own Destruction

12 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

This article posits that the terminal phase of an extractive empire is not marked by military defeat, but by a descent into surreal, self-justifying absurdity. I examine the current moment where the United States and […]

The track through the scrubby gums

12 February 2026 Roger Chao 2

The first thing the scribbly gums taught me was that even trees have diaries. You see it the moment you step onto the track – pale trunks covered in looping lines, as if someone has […]

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Sixth Trump meeting with his de facto boss… good day to fire him

12 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Walt Zlotow President Trump’s de jure, constitutional boss is We the People. 348.4 million of us, giving Trump 58% of the Electoral College, hired him November 5, 2024. Trump serves and reports to Us. […]

Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor

12 February 2026 David Tyler 15

“Leadership’s always been about two main things: imagination and courage.” (Paul Keating). Bernard Keane is half right. In today’s Crikey, he despairs of our PM as “a political manager, a risk-averse executive who always plays […]

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The New Doctrine of Cultural Sanctions

11 February 2026 Roswell 5

In a bold reimagining of international diplomacy, President Trump has unveiled a groundbreaking strategic principle: if Canada make a new deal with China, “China Will ‘Terminate ALL Ice Hockey’ In Canada.” This is not merely […]

The Provincial Governor and the Butcher-King – Australia’s Shameful Pantomime

11 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

It is a peculiar thing to watch a province play at being an empire. To witness a local governor, whose authority extends no further than the coastline, grovel before a foreign butcher as if receiving […]

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Ghost of McGovern haunts Democratic Party foreign policy

11 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Walt Zlotow 2028 will be the 16th presidential election in my 81 years. The only true antiwar Democratic presidential nominee in my lifetime was George McGovern in 1972. He ran against pro Vietnam War […]

Electric car charging at solar-powered station.

How to Drive EV Usage and Sales

11 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Lee Capocchi Most drivers and Governments alike understand that EVs remove a huge amount of Carbon from the atmosphere. We know, through experience and science that the cost of an EV pays back […]

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