AIM Extra Archives

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The Great Christian Creep

2 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By James Moore “Pretending to know things one doesn’t know is a betrayal of science – and yet it is the lifeblood of religion.” (Sam Harris, author, neuroscientist). There has always been a nonsensical element […]

Australian inflation graph with 3.8% increase.

Australia CPI Inflation Rises in Latest ABS Release

1 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic Latest ABS CPI data shows Australia’s inflation rose to 3.8 per cent in December 2025, driven by housing, energy, and food prices. Australia’s Consumer Price Index […]

Platform 1 at 6:12am

1 February 2026 Roger Chao 4

Platform 1 at 6:12am has a particular kind of light. Not the golden, romantic light of postcard mornings, but the thin, undecided light that hasn’t committed to being day yet. The sky is often the […]

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It begins with…

28 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

It begins with the physical and anthropological origins of religious behaviour and moves toward the theological essence of a Creator who, by definition, requires no sustenance from the created order. Part I: The Origin of […]

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Wallabies in kilts

26 January 2026 Michael Taylor 10

Wallabies in Kilts: The Unlikely Aussie Colony Thriving in a Scottish Loch Forget Loch Ness. The real surprise in Scotland’s famous lakes is a mob of your favourite marsupials. Quick question: where in the world […]

The Voice on the Radio When the Sky Turned Orange

23 January 2026 Roger Chao 3

Having been involved with numerous community recovery committees, emergency management boards and committees, and bushfire preparedness, response, relief, and recovery organisations, as well as having living in bushfire prone areas for most of my adult […]

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Zionism: The Etymological and Ideological Unpacking of a “Political Pathogen”

22 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5

The term “Zionism,” the modern political ideology advocating for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, is often analysed through the lenses of history, politics, and conflict. However, to understand its full potency and impact – to […]

The View from the Fourteenth Floor

20 January 2026 Roger Chao 10

Having done a lot of work in social housing high-rises in Melbourne over the years in various guises, as well as having visited friends who lived in the towers, I have come to understand and […]

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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 […]

People collecting water from large containers.

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 […]