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4 in 5 Australian adults support social media ban for kids

12 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Monash University Media Release With Australia’s social media ban coming into force this week, a new survey from Monash University has found that almost four out of five Australian adults support the Australian government’s social […]

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RoboCare and the New Aged-Care Algorithm: What Senate Estimates, OPAN, the Media – and the Public – Need to Ask Next

12 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

By A Concerned Reader (This article draws only from publicly available information, media reports, Senate Estimates transcripts, and policy documents.) Introduction As the new Support at Home (SaH) program begins rolling out across Australia, an […]

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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Following the Money Behind Australian Men’s Anger

11 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Part 1: The Evidence – How They Dismantled the Australian Fair Go By Sue Barrett This is Part 1 of a three-part investigation into who’s responsible for Australia’s declining living standards. Over the next three […]

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How Labor Controls the Narrative to Shape Debate

10 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 12

By Denis Hay Description Labor controls the narrative about how Australians understand policy and public debate. Learn how it works and how to recognise it. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction […]

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The Swedish Mirror

9 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

The Swedish Mirror: What Australia’s ‘Perfect Society’ Shows We’ve Chosen Not to Be By Peter Brown A friend recently shared a social media post from a Swede, listing the entitlements of everyday life: five weeks’ […]

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When the System Forgets the Humans: Why Australia’s Aged-Care Assessment Workforce Must Stay, Speak, and Survive the Storm

9 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By A Concerned Citizen There are moments in public policy when the machinery of government begins to move in ways that even its own operators struggle to explain. Australia’s shift to the new Support at […]

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MEET: When Government Gets AI Ethics Wrong, Civil Society Gets It Right

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Steve Davies On 1 October, I submitted a report on moral engagement to Senator Katy Gallagher. The APSC replied 2 December – polite, but essentially evasive. During those two months, I consolidated and operationalised […]

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Labor must stop propping up dirty gas and support industry to decarbonise

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned the Albanese government against plans to subsidise gas for industrial users, saying it should instead be supporting industry to decarbonise. Media reports today that Labor […]

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Social Media Ban: UNSW Experts Comment

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

UNSW Sydney Media Release The Australian Government’s new restrictions preventing people under 16 from accessing social media platforms will come into effect on 10 December 2025. The changes require platforms to implement age-verification measures and […]

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4 in 5 Australian adults support social media ban for kids

RoboCare and the New Aged-Care Algorithm: What Senate Estimates, OPAN, the Media – and the Public – Need to Ask Next

Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Following the Money Behind Australian Men’s Anger

How Labor Controls the Narrative to Shape Debate

The Swedish Mirror

When the System Forgets the Humans: Why Australia’s Aged-Care Assessment Workforce Must Stay, Speak, and Survive the Storm

MEET: When Government Gets AI Ethics Wrong, Civil Society Gets It Right

Labor must stop propping up dirty gas and support industry to decarbonise

Social Media Ban: UNSW Experts Comment

Australian Democracy Sold Off to the Highest Bidder

Love of Country

Why Australian Dollar Sovereignty Misused for Corporations

Maybe Hegseth should have stuck with drinking instead of sobriety-induced murder in the Caribbean

South Australia’s best kept secret

First strike on small, unarmed boat off Venezuela, not second, makes Trump and Hegseth war criminals