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Blow to health and environment as court upholds Scarborough gas project approval

22 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

Doctors for the Environment Australia Media Release Doctors for the Environment Australia has expressed disappointment after the Federal Court today upheld the government’s approval of the Scarborough Gas Project’s environment plan, clearing the way for […]

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From Glorified Stupidity to Wisdom: Strategies to Overcome Manipulation

22 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

How AI, Education, and Community Can Silence the Noise and Build Wiser Citizens By Sue Barrett Does your phone buzz with notifications, flooding your feed with loud, baseless opinions? From climate denial to get-rich-quick schemes, […]

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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 1)

22 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 5

For more than 65,000 years, hundreds of Nations thrived across this continent – each with their own languages, laws, and lands. In just over two centuries, colonisation attempted to erase them through dispossession, violence, assimilation, […]

Why Albo owes Trump no call

22 August 2025 Roswell 8

The Murdoch media, particularly Sky News Australia, have been having choice words over Prime Minister Albanese’s reluctance to pick the phone and “face off” with President Trump. They want action, yet I haven’t seen them […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges and Prosecutors: Motivations, Implications, and Future Prospects

22 August 2025 Michael Taylor 3

In a move that has reignited tensions between the United States and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Trump administration has announced the imposition of sanctions on four ICC officials: two judges and two deputy […]

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A Call for Moral Clarity: Reassessing Australia’s Stance on the Israel-Hamas Conflict

22 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Stephen Tardrew The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas demands a hard look at Australia’s political response, particularly from the Labor Party, which has often aligned itself with U.S. and Israeli narratives. This […]

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Trump’s delusion of valour

21 August 2025 Roswell 1

It takes a special kind of arrogance to call yourself a “war hero” when you’ve never worn a uniform, never risked your life in combat, and once dodged military service with a note about bone […]

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Digging Deeper on Community Radio: Triple R and Indispensable Airwaves

21 August 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

To get to the venue involves a calming, if early ritual. Uneasy sleep beforehand, given the morning slot. Eagerness to prepare for the topic to be discussed in the global affairs segment, accompanied by that childish […]

Politics

The LNP’s struggle for cohesion

21 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Peter Brown The federal LNP Opposition, now led by Sussan Ley since the May election, is at a crossroads. After years of Peter Dutton’s combative leadership, Ley has brought a calmer, more disciplined […]

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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 must Americans think of a war criminal’s welcome?

20 August 2025 Michael Taylor 19

The image is jarring: Vladimir Putin, a man with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes, steps off a plane onto American soil. U.S. military personnel, symbols of national pride, are on their […]

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A Day at the White House Press Briefing: A Masterclass in Absurdity

20 August 2025 Roswell 3

Have you ever endured a White House Press Secretary briefing? It’s less a press conference and more a three-ring circus serving a banquet of bombast, hyperbole, and pure, unfiltered nonsense. If you’ve got the stomach […]