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Beyond the Myths: Protecting Autistic Lives, Public Health, and the Future of Science (Part 4)

31 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2

Part 9: Policy Spillovers – What Happens When Coverage Drops The claim that vaccines cause autism may begin as rhetoric, but it doesn’t stay rhetorical for long. Once coverage drops, the consequences arrive quickly – […]

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Decoding “social cohesion”

30 August 2025 Lucy Hamilton 7

While “social cohesion” can convey the benign sense of societies working to include rather than marginalise, to develop wholesome “collective political actions aiming at creating a coherent society”, that is not how the concept is […]

Speaker at podium with autism epidemic sign.

Beyond the Myths: Protecting Autistic Lives, Public Health, and the Future of Science (Part 3)

30 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 3

Part 6: Mechanisms 101 Understanding autism means moving past lists of genes and chemicals to the deeper question: how do these factors interact in the developing brain? The answer is that autism isn’t caused by […]

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Beyond the Myths: Protecting Autistic Lives, Public Health, and the Future of Science (Part 2)

29 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0

Part 3: Why Autism Diagnoses Rose If vaccines don’t cause autism, why do the numbers keep climbing? In the U.S., autism prevalence among 8-year-olds is now estimated at 1 in 31 (CDC, 2022) compared with […]

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Beyond the Myths: Protecting Autistic Lives, Public Health, and the Future of Science (Part 1)

28 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 8

False claims don’t cause autism – but they do cause real harm, from stigmatising families to fueling outbreaks and hollowing out science. Part 1: This Is Not a Vaccine Debate. It’s a Reality Test When […]

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Job Guarantee Australia Ends Unemployment

25 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Denis Hay Description Job guarantee Australia is the answer to unemployment. Discover how monetary sovereignty can fund full employment for all Australians. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction How is […]

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Why Neoliberalism in Australia Harms People and Planet

21 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Denis Hay Description Neoliberalism in Australia deepens inequality and harms the environment. Learn how dollar sovereignty offers a better path forward. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction For decades, […]

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What is Social Justice Meaning and Why it Matters

10 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Social justice meaning goes beyond fairness. It is about creating a society where everyone has equal access to opportunities, rights, and resources. The term social justice meaning is about more than […]

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ACOSS calls for economic reform to lift living standards

7 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

ACOSS Media Release ACOSS is calling for an ambitious economic reform agenda to improve living standards for those falling behind. “The government must not waste this historic chance to put Australia on a fairer, more […]

Labor reform message from Social Justice Australia.

Why Labor Pretend Reform Is Not the Change We Were Promised

3 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Denis Hay Description Labor pretend reform is failing Australians. Real change is possible – but only if we stop accepting political theatre as genuine progress. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press […]

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It is Hard to Get Ahead in Australia – Here’s Why

31 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Denis Hay Description It is hard to get ahead in Australia. Explore the policies and barriers that hinder everyday people, and discover how we can overcome them. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this […]

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What Happened to a Fair Go? Life in Australia 1955 vs 2025

17 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 11

By Denis Hay Description Life in Australia 1955 vs 2025 shows how inequality replaced opportunity. Discover how to reclaim fairness using our dollar sovereignty. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play The […]

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Why Public Service Models Outperform Private Providers

3 July 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay 🎧 Listen to this article: Discover why public service models outperform private providers in equity, efficiency, and long-term outcomes – and how we can reclaim them. Introduction – A Tale of Two […]

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Regime Change: Be careful what you wish for

22 June 2025 Bert Hetebry 10

In the post colonial world, departing imperialists have handed over the power of government to indigenous leaders. A soft form of regime change. Taking a waltz through Africa we see how well that has worked. […]

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What Australians Want – And Why Labor Keeps Ignoring It

13 June 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay Description What Australians want is bold public investment. So why does Labor fund private profit over public need? Here’s what your government won’t admit. Introduction: A Speech Full of Rhetoric, Not […]

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