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[ 15 November 2025 ] The Unseen Hand: From the War Room to the Ruins – A Cycle of Profit and Pain AIM Extra
[ 14 November 2025 ] A Government for the Common Good. Is it possible? AIM Extra
[ 14 November 2025 ] The Liar’s Club: How Trump turned Washington into an open-mic night for delusion Your Say

The Calculus of Power: Labor’s Dreyfus Case

15 November 2025 David Tyler 0

The most revealing acts of a government are not its speeches, but its silences. Not its appointments, but its dismissals. The email that ended Mark Dreyfus’s tenure as Attorney-General was one such silent, screaming act. […]

The Unseen Hand: From the War Room to the Ruins – A Cycle of Profit and Pain

15 November 2025 Andrew Klein 3

In the corridors of power in Washington and the tech hubs of Silicon Valley, a term is well-known: the “military-industrial complex.” Sixty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned his nation of its “unwarranted influence.” […]

A Government for the Common Good. Is it possible?

14 November 2025 John Lord 4

Thoughts of consequence swirl around me like autumn leaves caught in a gust of wind, compelling me to invite the reader to linger a little longer in this contemplative space. I believe that at the […]

Dementia confirmed as Australia’s leading cause of death, ABS data reveals

14 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

Dementia Australia Media Release The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released today in the Causes of Death, Australia, 2024 report has named dementia as the leading cause of death in Australia, […]

Why Politicians Lie: Exposed Truth and Real Solutions

14 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Denis Hay Description Why politicians lie is not random. Learn the real reasons, the hidden incentives, and how Australians can demand honesty. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction Many […]

Stockholm Syndrome Sussan: How a $14m War Chest Killed Net Zero

14 November 2025 David Tyler 7

You almost feel sorry for her. Sussan Ley’s capitulation isn’t leadership; it’s a corporate veto, delivered by the billionaires who now write the script. There’s a peculiar smell to political death in Canberra. Not the […]

The First Casualty: How the Language of War Kills Peace Before the First Shot is Fired

14 November 2025 Andrew Klein 5

A wise voice recently posed a challenge: the first step toward peace is to discard all language having to do with war. This is not a call for polite speech, but for a radical act […]

Learning Lab Free Political Courses

13 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description Learning Lab free political courses that help you understand Australian politics. Simple lessons on media, public money and democracy. Introduction What you’ll learn in the Learning Lab free political courses […]

World Kindness Day Beyond the Candle’s Flicker: How Humanity Might Reawaken

13 November 2025 David Ayliffe 6

Inspired by the vision of Carl Sagan What if the selfishness and cruelty of our modern world was a passing blip in time? The warnings that Carl Sagan gave before his death 29 years ago […]

Advance Australia Where?

13 November 2025 David Tyler 7

How American Dark Money and Mining Billionaires are Buying the Liberals’ Climate Surrender The Liberal Party meets this week to decide whether to dump its Net Zero pledge. Drama over a decision the average ten-year-old […]

When it comes to New START nuclear treaty… Trump just can’t get started

13 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Walt Zlotow President Trump sure has an aversion to nuclear disarmament treaties with Russia that might just prevent nuclear war. In his first term he dropped out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]

Google on Christmas Island: Data Centres and Imminent Militarisation

12 November 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

Google has become something of a fixture in digital infrastructure in the Pacific. In late 2023, Canberra announced a joint project with the US, Google and Vocus, an Australian digital infrastructure firm, to deliver the […]

The Trump presidency, redux: a continued inversion of public service

12 November 2025 Michael Taylor 7

As someone who grew up watching American politics from afar, I held a certain image of the U.S. presidency. It was an institution, steeped in symbolism and guarded by norms that, while unwritten, seemed as […]

Free Public Transport and Social Justice in Australia

12 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

By Denis Hay Description Free public transport in Australia supports social justice, equality, and climate goals while improving access to jobs and housing. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The […]

Aspect of Warfare Pre-Modern / Warrior Paradigm Modern / Nation-State Soldier Paradigm

12 November 2025 Andrew Klein 3

For most of history, men fought for the man who fed them, the god who judged them, or the land they could see from the hilltop. Loyalty was personal, war was local, and victory meant […]

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