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Average Australian billionaire wealth grew by over half a million dollars a day in the last year

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Oxfam Australia Media Release New report calls for taxing the super-rich to tackle rampant inequality Average Australian billionaires’ wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the last year alone, or over $10.5 billion collectively, […]

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Macron’s Bold Play: Europe’s “Trade Bazooka” vs. Trump’s Greenland Gambit

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Peter Brown In a sharp escalation of transatlantic tensions, French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the European Union to ready its most powerful – and untested – trade weapon against the United States. The […]

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Daddy Issues, Castrati, and the Political Pathologising of Women

19 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 5

I watched a short clip of Miranda Devine attempting to explain why younger women dislike Donald Trump. It was awful. Not “controversial.” Not “provocative.” Just awful – in the way that makes you sit back […]

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America’s Second Civil War

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By James Moore (The story below is speculative fiction that I wrote while sitting around worrying about my country and its future. It is also the stuff of nightmares that an increasing number of U.S. […]

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The American Empire’s Barbed-Wire Canoe

18 January 2026 David Tyler 5

The American Empire has finally done it. After strutting the globe like a prize bull in a china shop, for what seemed an eternity, (the blink of an eye in world history), it has tripped […]

We Can’t Stop All Bushfires. But We Can Stop Pretending Total Loss Is Inevitable

18 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 1

Australia is rightly having another conversation about bushfires, housing vulnerability, and what can realistically be done to reduce loss. A recent article in The Age argued for a “simple system”: a standardised way to assess […]

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No time to reflect

18 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Maria Millers January is when we start easing back into our yearly routines. The chaos of Christmas behind us… Xmas leftovers finally eaten; newly minted New Year resolutions most likely already breached, the […]

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Why Australia Got Fat: Obesity and Social Justice Connection

18 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay Description Obesity and social justice collide. Discover how corporate greed and policy failures fuel Australia’s growing health crisis. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Forgotten Australia Brisbane, […]

Beyond the Blame Game: Unmasking the Complex Reality of Conflict in Nigeria

18 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

Introduction: The Dangerous Simplicity of a Single Story In December 2025, following a U.S. airstrike in Nigeria, Australian Senator Michaelia Cash issued a statement declaring that “Australia should always stand with partners confronting Islamist terror.” […]