The Australian Independent Media Network

Putting the Calamity Makers in Charge: Anthropic and Claude Mythos Preview

17 April 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

Be wary of a company – any company – who exerts moral muscle as they create software and digital platforms that are injurious and simultaneously lauded for curing that injury. Be especially wary of Anthropic. […]

Pacific nations launch landmark declaration for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific, calling for a Fossil Fuel Treaty and urgent phase-out

17 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Media Release 17 April 2026, Port Vila, Vanuatu – Amidst a deepening fossil fuel-driven energy crisis that has triggered the declaration of a state of emergency in multiple Pacific nations, Ministers […]

Richard “Deadwood” Marles: A Liberal Wearing a Red Rosette

17 April 2026 David Tyler 17

A profile of Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, and Geelong’s enduring gift to Australian satirists Meet Richard Donald Marles. Deputy Prime Minister. Minister for Defence. Member for Corio. Product of the Victorian Labor […]

The Apocalypse Salesman: How Richard Marles Sold Australia’s Future to the Permanent War Economy

17 April 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 13

Dedicated to my wife, who sees a future and is not buying the tickets. The Great Distraction On April 16, 2026, Defence Minister Richard Marles stood before the National Press Club and announced the biggest […]

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Trump prefers collapsing world economy to admitting defeat in his criminal Iran war

17 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 11

By Walt Zlotow That was some phony two-week ceasefire President Trump agreed to with Iran. When Iran refused Trump’s impossible demands presented by amateur US diplomats Vance, Witkoff and Kushner, Trump essentially resumed the war […]

The Biggest Peace Time Release in our Nation’s History

16 April 2026 David Tyler 9

A Note from the Editor Readers should be warned that this piece pays deliberate homage to Evelyn Waugh’s exquisitely appropriate fondness for long, winding sentences and his unrivalled capacity to report the facts with deadpan […]

Constitutional challenge to Minns’ anti-protest laws verdict to be handed down 3pm today

16 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 12

Palestine Action Group Sydney media alert: Constitutional challenge to Minns’ anti-protest laws verdict to be handed down 3pm today Press conference outside NSW Supreme Court after the verdict. What: Press Conference Where: NSW Supreme Court […]

Trump is not The Messiah, just a very Naughty Boy

16 April 2026 David Tyler 7

This piece is written in homage to the late, great Martin Amis. It borrows, in spirit and sharpness, from his satiric wit and his razor‑sharp edge; a style that skewered the powerful, the pretentious, and […]

US-Iran War Threatens Australia’s Food Supply: Delivery Crisis Looms

16 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 15

By Dr Martha Knox Haly There are many abhorrent aspects to the illegal US-Iran war. There is one very personal aspect that keeps me up at night. This is directly related to the fact […]

Sovereignty for some

15 April 2026 Michael Taylor 5

There are moments when irony is so perfectly formed, that it scarcely needs commentary. It simply waits – patiently – for someone to point at it. This week provided one such moment. Fresh from a […]

The big human brain

15 April 2026 Dr James Moylan 46

The whole proposition of a massive hunk of brain-flesh that is capable of introspective reflection, inside a body, inside a culture, doing the washing up, while shouting at the kids, is ludicrous. But there it […]

Person-making

15 April 2026 Roger Chao 4

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is where Australia quietly makes, or unmakes, its future. It happens in rooms that smell of sunscreen and toast, and in the small early moments when a child learns […]

When “exterminate the world” isn’t a headline

15 April 2026 Michael Taylor 14

A sitting president speaks of world extermination – and the world barely looks up. There was a time – not so long ago – when a statement from a sitting president that another nation wants […]

Sweet lifeline for wildlife after bushfires ravage their habitat

15 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Adelaide University Media Release Adelaide University and Kangaroo Island Research Station researchers have developed a simple, low-cost way to help wildlife survive in the critical days and weeks after bushfires, by delivering artificial nectar to […]

The Netanyahu Doctrine: How one man’s war addiction is consuming Israel, Lebanon, and the World

15 April 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

From the ‘Villa in the Jungle’ to the ‘Greater Israel Nightmare’ Dedicated to my wife ‘S’, who keeps my notes safe and accessible and is always prepared to advise me. I. Introduction: The Doctrine of […]