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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.” […]

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If Trump Won’t Sell Me Hawaii, I’ll Do Something… Or Not!

18 January 2026 Rossleigh 5

The funny thing about the United States… The United States… Now there’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one! Anyway, the funny thing is how strongly some of its people defend its beliefs and values […]

It’s Not “Just Bad Periods”

18 January 2026 Roger Chao 5

I had a friend (name changed) who suffered from horrible endometriosis for years, battling not just the disease itself, but also the social stigma, denial from medical practitioners and the system. On the outside, Claire […]

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The Donroe Doctrine: Twilight of the American Century

18 January 2026 David Tyler 7

As the imperial twilight stretches from Mar-a-Lago’s colonnades to the bazaars of Isfahan, the world’s longest-running show is no longer a republic in crisis, but a B-grade reality TV series with a military budget: all […]

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Operation ChatGPT – a fair go too far (Part 1)

17 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Alicia Lucas OpenAI released ChatGPT in Australia and elsewhere in 2022. OpenAI had by then gone from a totally non-profit company to operating ChatGPT in a profit subsidiary of the non-profit company. OpenAI seems […]

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The Danger When Crisis Becomes Theatre: Why Australians Are Demanding Better Leadership

17 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

How political opportunism, bad faith accusations, and rushed legislation replaced genuine leadership after the Bondi tragedy By Sue Barrett Like many Australians, I have been watching the political response to the Bondi tragedy with growing […]

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Why Critical Thinking is Missing in Schools

17 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Description Why critical thinking is missing in schools weakens democracy, how league tables distort education, and why Finland chose a better path. Introduction: A Quiet Educational Failure Critical thinking is missing in […]

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The Nobel Peace Prize, Re-Gifted (Peace Through Strength™ Edition)

17 January 2026 Roswell 14

Donald Trump stands beneath the presidential seal, gripping a gold medal the way a game-show winner clutches an oversized cheque. The cameras whir. The aides clap a little too loudly. Beside him, María Corina Machado […]

How the Albanese Government Plans to Dismantle Democracy in Australia: The First Step on the Slide to Mediocracy

17 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 10

A quiet revolution is being legalised in Canberra. Behind the Albanese government’s public rhetoric of “strengthening democracy” and “keeping Australians safe from harmful content” lies a convergent legislative framework designed to neuter a free press, […]

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Living in the Visitors’ Kitchen

17 January 2026 Roger Chao 2

It’s past midnight, and the visitors’ kitchen is doing what it always does – holding up the parts of the health system that don’t fit on any brochure. The microwave hums like a tired appliance […]

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Trump’s foreign policy: “I don’t need international law because I’m not looking to hurt people”

17 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Walt Zlotow In dismissing international law, Trump went further and proclaimed regarding any limit on his authority to engage in military action, “the only limit is my own mind, my own morality… the only […]

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When immigration enforcement starts to look like war

17 January 2026 Michael Taylor 4

Something unsettling is happening in the United States, and it is not announcing itself with a single dramatic event. It arrived incrementally, wrapped in the language of “law and order,” and justified as necessity rather […]

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Beyond Bondi: How Canberra Could Look in 2026

16 January 2026 John Lord 4

Emerging from the long shadow cast by the Bondi shootings, as the city exhales after summer’s hush, our focus turns again to the vibrant mosaic of daily life. After months of heated debate, a Royal […]

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The Manufactured Silence: How Australia’s Education and Institutions Were Engineered for Consent

16 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 10

Abstract This investigation traces the deliberate transformation of Australia’s education system from a public good to a commodity of ideological control, orchestrated by a confluence of neoliberal policy, Zionist influence networks, and media consolidation since […]

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Delivering in 43 Degrees

16 January 2026 Roger Chao 2

It’s the kind of day where the air feels thick before you even step outside. The morning forecast is already grim – heat building fast, a high in the forties, overnight temperatures that barely count […]

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