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Autonomous Weapons and Killer Robots: New Warnings, Old Habits

1 September 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1
Another bleak warning, another round of Cassandra calls about humanity’s immaculate sense of destructive self. This month, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red […]
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Information crisis hidden by opaque Big Tech

1 September 2026 AIMN Editorial 6
News sources are increasingly fragmented – yet the gatekeepers are more concentrated. This presents a growing problem for democracies, writes Daniel Angus… Australia’s information environment is increasingly fragmented, more personalised and less trusted. Yet control […]
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Wearable cameras seem to be everywhere, but what are the risks?

31 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 1
RMIT Media Release  Apple’s 2027 AirPods are expected to include cameras and Kmart recently sold out of their $89 Meta glasses dupe. With discreet wearable cameras exploding in popularity, an RMIT expert explains the risks […]
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The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid (and the Collusive International Silence)

31 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 2
By Dr Dan Steinbock Gaza showed the genocidal face of Israel’s expulsive strategy. In the West Bank, the same objective is realized with incremental escalation. The ultimate goal is the same – the final expulsion […]
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Migration is not a crisis or a cure-all. It just needs to be managed

31 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 5
The question is not whether migration is “good” or “bad” – it’s how it’s managed, writes Professor Alan Gamlen… Migration is one of the defining forces of the 21st century. It changes economies, societies, families […]
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How to get filthy rich via Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

30 August 2026 Noel Wauchope 4
Well, I hasten to warn you that you need to be already rich, for this to work. It has already worked for some alert rich investors. What they did was – they noted the soaring […]
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Sensible Invalidations: Striking Down France’s Social Media Ban for Minors

30 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4
Restricting access to social media platforms to children of a certain age has become something of a spreading mania. This prohibitionist urge has captured the interest of governments for its shallow, meretricious appeal. Refusing to […]
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Money laundering – How much did we make?

30 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 3
By Christopher Kennedy   Ten years ago I wrote a story for Australian Outlook; basically it read that if you wanted to launder money in Australia you could do it, buy a home and get […]
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Did Pell deserve a state funeral?

29 August 2026 Mark Buckley 13
George Pell’s funeral in Sydney showed clearly the divisions within the Australian community at large, the Catholic Church itself, and the conservative side of politics. It was held in Sydney in 2023, and it was […]
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George Pell was an ambitious bully

28 August 2026 Mark Buckley 12
It doesn’t matter whether you are a Catholic or not. George Pell is a success story. From humble beginnings to a Prince of the Church. You don’t have to be steeped in Roman theology to […]
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Expeditioners to be withdrawn from Macquarie Island research station

28 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 3
Media Release: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water The Australian Government’s Antarctic Division has made the difficult decision to temporarily withdraw staff from Macquarie Island research station due to the psychosocial risk […]
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The Great Australian Silence: How our Leaders Sold us out to a Foreign Spy Network 

28 August 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 9
Dedication: To the Australian people, who deserve leaders whose sole loyalty is to them – not to foreign powers, corporate interests, or the hollow promise of a “secure” digital future. Introduction: A State Within a […]
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Breaking through the infloglut: the vicious cycle between information overload and anger

28 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 9
COVID, global warming, conspiracy theorists, natural disasters, financial collapses – and a sham social media ban. It’s no wonder young Australians are glum, writes Professor Axel Bruns… Why are we so angry? The easy, lazy, […]
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Purgatorial Ethics: Sudan, the UAE and Australia’s Arms Trade

27 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6
Reprehensible as it is, the arms trade is an exercise of purgatorial ethics pursued by all states keen on having a market for the merchants of death: from the perspective of countries and those who […]
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Counting the cost-of-living, angrily

27 August 2026 AIMN Editorial 10
Fights over multiculturalism and gender are hiding the core of the nation’s despair – rising economic inequality. Mark Kenny reports… Flat wages growth, stagnant productivity, and dwindling purchasing power at the supermarket. Is it any […]

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