Health
The Needle Exchange
I worked for some time in harm reduction policy. I recall my first few weeks in the office, not having a clear understanding of the work that happened in needle syringe exchanges and more so, […]
Year: 2026
Politics
Welcome to the Peace IPO: Gaza, Rebranded as a Prospectus
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 […]
Satire
If Only George Orwell And I Had Written In Less Troubled Times…
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 […]
Health
Galloping through cultures: How horses connect humanity
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 […]
Politics
A Helpful Guide to Who is Allowed an Opinion on America
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 […]
Politics
Gaza Vanishing: Trump’s Board of Peace
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 […]
Health
Environmental Chemicals and Health in Australia
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 […]
Politics
The Systemic Betrayal: How Australia’s ‘Integrity Architecture’ is Engineered to Fail
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, […]
Politics
Dear Norway: It’s Me. About the Nobel
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 […]
AIM Extra
The View from the Fourteenth Floor
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 […]
Politics
The Mirage of the Enemy: Deconstructing Contemporary Media Bias
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 […]
Politics
Sussan Ley tries to rewrite history
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 […]
Politics
How Did Australia Get Here?
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 […]
Your Say
Rev. King sadly disparaged for his opposition to Vietnam War
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 […]
Politics
Sleepwalking on the Money: Inequality, Surveillance and the Cashless Society
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 […]