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Rev. King sadly disparaged for his opposition to Vietnam War

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

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 […]

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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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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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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, […]

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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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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 […]

Trump’s Precipice

16 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Christopher Kennedy A year or so on from my second article, concerning a $5 bet I hold that the USA was going to fall into civil war under Trump; I sit on the precipice of […]

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Those ads – the annoying ones – they are not ours. But here’s what you can do about them

15 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 18

We’ve heard you. Many of you have told us you avoid clicking through to our site from Facebook, Threads or X because the first thing you are greeted with are large, intrusive full-page ads that […]

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100 days into ceasefire Gaza still deliberately deprived of water as aid groups forced to scavenge under illegal blockade

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam and partners restore limited water access for 156,000 amid near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse. 100 days into the ceasefire announcement, in a week that has seen more severe weather […]

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New hate speech laws must balance free speech and protection

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

RMIT University Media Release Parliament has been recalled early to debate the Labor government’s new hate speech bill. An RMIT expert says questions remain about how to protect communities without limiting free speech, and explains […]

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Why Career Politicians Block Real Reform in Australia

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By Denis Hay Description Why career politicians block reform in Australia, even when voters demand change, and how incentives, not personalities, shape outcomes. Introduction: The Reform That Never Arrives Across Australia, a familiar pattern […]

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