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Rent-Seekers Draining Our Future

7 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Here is another classic from our old site that deserves repeating. It’s a message that needs to be shouted from the rooftops. These “rent-seekers” need to be called out. By Sue Barrett How Powerful Industries […]

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Nuclear could cost households an extra $450 or more a year by 2030

5 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Australians for Affordable Energy Media Release New modelling confirms a shift to nuclear power could significantly increase household electricity bills, with Australians for Affordable Energy (AFAE) urging policymakers to back the most affordable energy option. […]

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ACT protects students from fossil fuel marketing

4 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Comms Declare Media Release Australian-first ban on coal, oil and gas sponsorship in schools. Call for other states to follow suit as they sign new school funding agreements with the Federal Government. The Legislative Assembly for […]

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A Global Tipping Point: Reclaiming Democracy from Oligarchs and Billionaires

3 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

From our archives a recent article that has proven to be very prophetic. A lot has happened in the four months since this article was first published. It appears that everything has come to pass. […]

The extremist radicalisation beyond the clickbait of ‘manfluencer’ Andrew Tate

3 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

Monash University Media Release The extremist radicalisation of boys and men by ‘manfluencer’ Andrew Tate shares concerning parallels to other forms of radicalisation, such as terrorist and religious extremism, a Monash University study has found. […]

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Israel blocks aid to Gaza as Ramadan begins – Oxfam reaction

3 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Oxfam Media Release Israel’s decision to block aid to over two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. The Government […]

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New report details nuclear power’s demise

3 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

EnergyScience Coalition Media Release A new report by the EnergyScience Coalition corrects false claims by the federal Coalition and others that ‘the world is going nuclear’. Co-authors Assoc. Prof. Darrin Durant, Prof. Jim Falk and […]

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‘Warriors for Justice’: On anniversary of Castle Bravo nuclear test, Greenpeace calls for justice and reparations from the United States

2 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Greenpeace Media Release SYDNEY/MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, Saturday 1 March 2025 – 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed across the Marshall Islands by the United States, Greenpeace calls for […]

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What is Social Justice? A Simple Guide for Australians

1 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description What is social justice? Social justice affects every Australian. Learn what it means, why it matters, and how you can help create a fairer society. Introduction – Why Social Justice Matters […]

Let’s talk strategy

28 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Wilkinson Kayne To my fellow progressive folk, Hardly a day goes by without being called “woke” by someone from the right-wing brigade. And they do so with venom, and with every intent that they’re […]

Thou doth protest too much

26 February 2025 Michael Springer 5

These words in the headline have been adapted from Hamlet, but for the uninitiated, they mean the extent of a person’s denial, which means they might be protesting too much. After Peter ‘Trust Fund’ Dutton […]

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Parliamentary inquiry finds nuclear is high risk, zero reward

26 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

Climate Council Media Release THE COALITION’S NUCLEAR SCHEME is high risk, zero reward – that’s the clear takeaway from the interim findings of the federal inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia. The committee’s interim […]

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Largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967

26 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

Largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967 amid surge in Israeli military and settler violence causing widespread destruction and severely hampering humanitarian work: Oxfam At least 800 Israeli military checkpoints, barriers and gates […]

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Israel’s Annexation Drive: The West Bank and Expelling Palestinian Refugees

26 February 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

It has the feeling of a ghastly ending, one pushed along by desperation and eagerness. First, levelling Gaza and turning it to an uninhabitable moonscape, with the promise of a territory free of Palestinians. Then, […]

Nuclear Thuggery and Threats: Response to Interim Report of the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy

26 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Friends of the Earth Australia Media Release Friends of the Earth (FoE) welcomes the Interim Report released by the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy. The Interim Report states that nuclear power “cannot be deployed […]

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