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Trump and the Three Ghosts of Accountability

2 February 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 21
The Choice Trump Makes When Accountability Appears Donald Trump is not unraveling. He is not “cornered,” “panicking,” or undergoing some tragic psychological collapse. What we are witnessing is far simpler – and far more familiar. […]
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The Day My Medicare Card Saved My Life

2 February 2026 Roger Chao 6
I’m an avid trail runner, having done a number of ultra marathons in my time. The below stems from an experience I once had following one of my early ultra marathons – my first real […]
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The Only Question That Matters: An Invitation Back to Reality

2 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5
We are drowning in commentary. We are inundated with analysis of markets, debates over policies, and warnings about technological threats. These discussions have their place, but they have become a cacophony that drowns out a […]
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Politics

The Unbelievable Similarity Between Pauline Hanson And Kid Rock!

2 February 2026 Rossleigh 9
This story about Pauline Hanson gets more incredible as it goes on, but let’s begin at the beginning… I chanced upon a Facebook story about Pauline Hanson which began: “During a visit to her old […]
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The Great Christian Creep

2 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 10
By James Moore “Pretending to know things one doesn’t know is a betrayal of science – and yet it is the lifeblood of religion.” (Sam Harris, author, neuroscientist). There has always been a nonsensical element […]
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We Asked Two AIs What’s Driving the Doomsday Clock: The Answer Was Human Power

1 February 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 4
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. Predictably, some commentary rushed to place artificial intelligence at the […]
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As Trump Threatens Weekend Strike on Iran, Albanese Pretends Pine Gap Isn’t Complicit

1 February 2026 David Tyler 8
Albanese’s Iran Illusion: How Australia Sleepwalks into Someone Else’s War While our federal government waffles on about rules based order, Iran is rewriting the rules of modern warfare. Trump is threatening regime-change. The Strait of […]
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Your Say

When Journalism Becomes a Crime

1 February 2026 Michael Taylor 5
The arrest of Don Lemon should alarm anyone who cares about democracy, regardless of how they feel about Don Lemon himself. Lemon is a polarising figure. He has critics across the political spectrum. President Trump’s […]
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Australia CPI Inflation Rises in Latest ABS Release

1 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 6
By Denis Hay   Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic Latest ABS CPI data shows Australia’s inflation rose to 3.8 per cent in December 2025, driven by housing, energy, and food prices. Australia’s Consumer Price Index […]
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Political Futures: Proactive Social Democratic Possibilities

1 February 2026 Denis Bright 10
Historic social democratic policy options remain for the Albanese Government with support from a united front with progressive senate crossbench members. In contrast, News Corp fosters nostalgia for the return of LNP majorities under strong […]
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Politics

Will The Libspill Add Interest To The RBA This Week?

1 February 2026 Rossleigh 5
Ok, I said that I’d be taking time off to write a screenplay but I started having trouble. I asked a friend what was wrong and she told me that the main problem was that […]
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Platform 1 at 6:12am

1 February 2026 Roger Chao 4
Platform 1 at 6:12am has a particular kind of light. Not the golden, romantic light of postcard mornings, but the thin, undecided light that hasn’t committed to being day yet. The sky is often the […]
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The Rules-Based Order: Where America Gets Away with Murder, and Everyone Else Gets the Bombs

31 January 2026 David Tyler 6
Foreign Minister Penny Wong chants “rules based order” like a sacred hymn. Order? In reality, it’s a squalid, pseudo-legal jargon for a world where might is right. While the US drops depleted uranium on Iraqi […]
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Satire

The Trump Family Cinematic Universe

31 January 2026 Roswell 10
Fresh from the record-shattering box office success of Melania – a film seen by dozens, emotionally processed by none, and forgotten by breakfast – the studio has announced an ambitious new franchise: a feature film […]
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Dooming the Chagos Deal: The Diego Garcia Dilemma

31 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2
When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that some matters will be exaggerated over others. With the Chagos Islands, there is one matter […]

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