AIM Extra

Over the last two decades, Australia has made a name for itself by pursuing barbaric policies towards refugees and asylum seekers arriving by sea. Priding these moves as noble and humanitarian, cruelty born of kindness, […]

Introduction Patriotism, flags, and chants of “Australia” made for glossy photos. But the March for Australia wasn’t grassroots – it was engineered. From the very beginning, white nationalist organisers conceived, designed, and managed the rallies, […]

Chapter 10: Destruction of Language, Art, and Lore More Than Land and Labour Colonisation did not only take land and exploit labour. It also struck directly at the heart of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]

ACOSS Media Release “Acts of racism, hate and discrimination are abhorrent and have no place in our society. ACOSS respects the right to peaceful assembly but we reject in strongest terms all forms of racism, […]

The Fourth Estate may not be in a good way, corrupted and compromised as it is, but in some instances, it remains the only light cast over the predations and ghastliness of power. For that […]

Richard Boyle is finally free. Eight years, endless hearings, and the grinding punishment-by-process later, he walks away without a conviction. His crime? Telling us the truth. His greater sin? Collecting proof of it. Judge Liesl […]

Chapter 9: Torres Strait Islanders and Blackbirding in Queensland Two Histories, One Struggle While Aboriginal peoples across the continent were subjected to massacres, chains, and stolen wages, Torres Strait Islander communities endured their own form […]

Chapter 7: Slavery Without the Name – Aboriginal Forced Labour The Word We Refuse to Use Australia has long insisted, “We never had slavery.” This is repeated in schoolbooks, politics, and even public debate. Yet […]

AMWU, AWU, ETU, TWU, ASU & FAAA Media Release Unions representing over 30,000 Qantas employees have condemned the airline’s corporate greed, saying the $2.4 billion underlying profit margin is built on the back of an […]

Chapter 6: Chains, Prisons, and Frontier Brutality Shackles as Symbols of Control When we picture colonisation, we often imagine flags, farms, and townships. Less often do we picture the chains. Yet iron shackles – on […]

Introduction “Mandatory Training: Because You Love Clicking ‘Next’ 400 Times” Welcome to the corporate wellness spa – for your compliance anxiety. Where else can you spend 15 “minutes” (wink wink) clicking through slideshow after slideshow, […]

Chapter 5: Massacres, Punitive Expeditions, and Policies of Extermination The Myth of Peaceful Settlement For much of Australia’s history, schoolbooks and monuments promoted the idea of “peaceful settlement.” In reality, settlement was enforced through systematic […]

Monash University Media Release Dr Nicola Charwat, Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School comments on Australia Post’s suspension of most postage to the United States ahead of new tariffs on low-value parcels, […]