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Australia needs more than a rate cut

18 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS urges all parties and candidates to commit to delivering more direct support rather than rely on the Reserve Bank to address financial hardship following today’s rate […]

Advocacy for better access to palliative care.

Shortages of pain relief medications unresolved – still!

18 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Palliative Care Australia Media Release Growing shortages of essential palliative care medicines in Australia are having a devastating impact on patients, especially those nearing the end of life, and the clinicians who care for them. […]

People collecting water with Oxfam containers.

Less than seven per cent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe

18 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

Oxfam Australia Media Release Nearly 1,700 kilometres of water and sanitation networks have been destroyed Big-ticket repairs of networks urgently needed but Israel baulks in approving supplies The resumption of aid into Gaza, including fuel […]

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A dramatic development in the Ukraine situation

18 February 2025 Noel Wauchope 34

The shut-down Chernobyl nuclear reactor was hit by a drone on 14th February, and its outer covering was breached. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was quick to gloss over the impact from the latest […]

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Feeling Very Fine: Picasso the Printmaker at the British Museum

18 February 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

This is Pablo Picasso the way he is rarely seen – at least in so far as the hundred or so pieces at the British Museum’s Picasso: Printmaker have been displayed. The viewer is treated […]

Review: “Apple Cider Vinegar” TV series

16 February 2025 Noel Wauchope 3

I am not much of a “foodie”, so I was surprised to find myself riveted by this six-part TV series, in which food plays a huge, though not central role. The series is definitely derived […]

Illustration of wealth inequality and public service cuts.

How to Reclaim Australian Democracy from Corporate Control

16 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description How to reclaim Australian democracy. Our politics serves the elite, not the people. Learn how corporate control took over and what we can do to restore democracy. Introduction: The Erosion of […]

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ACOSS demands action after 10 income support recipients died

16 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS is demanding an overhaul of the income support compliance system following shocking revelations that at least 10 people have died after being wrongfully cut off from […]

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Headline Driving Hatred

15 February 2025 Bert Hetebry 7

In exploring the corruption of the press, Eric Beecher, founder of the online news source, Crikey wrote The Men who Killed the News, a history of the manipulation of news by the various media moguls […]

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Small Nuclear Reactors: Big safety problems, and who pays the piper?

15 February 2025 Noel Wauchope 2

As usual, in matters nuclear, the Anglophone news is awash with articles extolling the future virtues of Small Nuclear Reactors. Especially in the UK, where Trumpian antics don’t dominate the news the whole time, nuclear […]

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King Island Dairy Saputo owners historical Mafia connections (part 5)

14 February 2025 Tess Lawrence 3

Continued from Part 4 2024 On December 2 last year, McGill University’s Professor Karl Moore from the Desautels Faculty of Management, specializing in leadership and strategy, interviewed Lino Saputo Jr, for his podcast on CEOs. […]

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King Island Dairy Saputo owners historical Mafia connections (part 4)

13 February 2025 Tess Lawrence 4

Continued from Part 3 2019 Saputo Announces Agreement with Japan’s Kirin to Acquire King Island and Burnie Specialty Cheese Businesses and Factories In May 2019, Saputo announced it had entered an agreement with booze and […]

A warning against shameful non-worrying

13 February 2025 Dr James Moylan 6

Back in the days of the cold war there was good reason to be frightened. The northern hemisphere was fair bristling with weapons of mass destruction and it was still possible to sneak up on […]

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Oxfam Australia reacts to the Electoral Reform Bill

13 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam Australia is deeply concerned that the Electoral Reform Bill will restrict the ability of charities, including Oxfam, to advocate on critical issues during election campaigns. Of major concern for charities […]

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Valentine’s Day Reflections

13 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Maria Millers Friday is Valentines’ Day, traditionally a celebration of Romantic love, with its origins in paganism with strong Christian associations. But like other festivals it has now been relegated to filling a consumer […]

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