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Trump is not The Messiah, just a very Naughty Boy

16 April 2026 David Tyler 7

This piece is written in homage to the late, great Martin Amis. It borrows, in spirit and sharpness, from his satiric wit and his razor‑sharp edge; a style that skewered the powerful, the pretentious, and […]

US-Iran War Threatens Australia’s Food Supply: Delivery Crisis Looms

16 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 15

By Dr Martha Knox Haly There are many abhorrent aspects to the illegal US-Iran war. There is one very personal aspect that keeps me up at night. This is directly related to the fact […]

Sovereignty for some

15 April 2026 Michael Taylor 5

There are moments when irony is so perfectly formed, that it scarcely needs commentary. It simply waits – patiently – for someone to point at it. This week provided one such moment. Fresh from a […]

The big human brain

15 April 2026 Dr James Moylan 46

The whole proposition of a massive hunk of brain-flesh that is capable of introspective reflection, inside a body, inside a culture, doing the washing up, while shouting at the kids, is ludicrous. But there it […]

Person-making

15 April 2026 Roger Chao 4

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is where Australia quietly makes, or unmakes, its future. It happens in rooms that smell of sunscreen and toast, and in the small early moments when a child learns […]

When “exterminate the world” isn’t a headline

15 April 2026 Michael Taylor 14

A sitting president speaks of world extermination – and the world barely looks up. There was a time – not so long ago – when a statement from a sitting president that another nation wants […]

Sweet lifeline for wildlife after bushfires ravage their habitat

15 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Adelaide University Media Release Adelaide University and Kangaroo Island Research Station researchers have developed a simple, low-cost way to help wildlife survive in the critical days and weeks after bushfires, by delivering artificial nectar to […]

The Netanyahu Doctrine: How one man’s war addiction is consuming Israel, Lebanon, and the World

15 April 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

From the ‘Villa in the Jungle’ to the ‘Greater Israel Nightmare’ Dedicated to my wife ‘S’, who keeps my notes safe and accessible and is always prepared to advise me. I. Introduction: The Doctrine of […]

Mission Impossible

15 April 2026 David Tyler 3

A note on length: This piece is shorter than the war’s supply chain disruptions, but longer than the attention span of the man who started it. If you want the sanitised version, Fox News is […]

From expo to carnival: Hainan’s consumption experiment

14 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Chen Ziqi This is not your ordinary expo. Here, you can try on a pair of sleek black glasses, and suddenly, you can understand nearly 90 languages in real time. You can ask for […]

Australia Must Join The Trump Blockade!

14 April 2026 Rossleigh 11

After Tony Abbott expressed a desire for to send military support for the USA in the Middle East, Jane Hume was on Sky News telling us that we have the capacity to send a warship […]

The Travails of Noma: God Chefs, Brutal Kitchens and the Cult of Fine Dining

14 April 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

They are an easy bunch to demonise, and to a certain extent, they should be. The God Chef, the collector of Michelin stars; the veteran of the kitchen, with all the cuts, bruises and wounds […]

Hitchcock would have loved Trump’s MacGuffin to launch Iran war if it were a movie, not a real life catastrophe

14 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Walt Zlotow Movie buffs, especially fans of suspense director Alfred Hitchcock, know what a MacGuffin is: a plot device in the form of a simply made up desired object, or other motivator that the […]

Iran: US adopts Israel’s Gaza/Beirut Obliteration Doctrine

14 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Dr Dan Steinbock Since fall 2023, Israel has implemented its Obliteration Doctrine in Gaza and now in Lebanon. The United States has adopted it in Iran. In the process, the worst mass atrocity crimes […]

Hormuz Dateline

14 April 2026 David Tyler 8

The war now has the smell of salt, oil, and old empires trying to defy the tide. Thirty-three kilometres. That is the width of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest navigable point: two shipping […]

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