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Satirical cartoon depicting Democracy Park in Australia with protesters and politicians.

Media Moguls & Political Puppeteers: Time to Drag the ‘Fair Go’ Back from the Boardroom BBQ!

7 May 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0

Snarky Article by Bazza McSatire Senior Correspondent, The Wombat Weekly Australia, land of sun, surf, and a media landscape so dominated by vested interests that even the koalas are rolling their eyes. Let’s cut through […]

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What I think of the LNP

6 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Kathryn Once again, the unrepentant, dangerously undemocratic, unspeakably callous, misogynistic and totally deluded RWNJs go on and on blaming everybody else for the abysmal failure by the LNP to gain any type of credibility […]

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Israel’s New INGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say

6 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Oxfam Media Release The undersigned 55 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for international NGOs. Based on vague, […]

As expected, Dutton was unelectable

6 May 2025 John Lord 2

Early in February 2024, I wrote an article entitled “Why the Conservatives cannot win the next election.” (Link unavailable.) In it, I suggested that: “… the best thing Labor has going for it is Peter […]

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Leading technology and engineering Academy sees Albanese Government’s re-election as an opportunity to build a more innovative Australia

6 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) congratulates Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party on their historic election win over the weekend. ATSE stands ready, with 50 years of experience […]

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From Ramsay Street to Rabbit Holes: How a Soap Star Became Australia’s Queen of Conspiracy Flop

6 May 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 5

Snarky Article: The Nicola Charles Chronicles Meet Nicola Charles: a former Neighbours star turned full-time conspiracy carnival barker. Once known for playing Karl Kennedy’s mistress, Sarah Beaumont, she’s now better known for playing fast and […]

Refashioned History: Liberal Catastrophes and Labor Triumphs

6 May 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

The dust had barely settled on the Australian federal election on May 3 before the hagiographers, mythmakers and revisionists got to work. If history is seen as a set of agreed upon facts, there was […]

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How Car Lobbyists, Political Cowards, and a SkyBus Cult Kept us Stuck in Traffic Since the ‘70s

6 May 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 3

Article (Snark Edition): Let’s talk about Victoria’s transport “planning” – a term used very loosely here, like calling a Vegemite-coated toothpick a “gourmet canapé”. For decades, Melbourne’s infrastructure strategy has resembled a toddler’s finger-painting: chaotic, […]

Newspaper headline urging Aussie politicians to be more like Trump with photos of four people.

Gina Rinehart Blames Media for Peter Dutton’s Election Loss, Advocates for Trump-Style Revival

5 May 2025 Roswell 21

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest individual and a prominent supporter of Peter Dutton, has attributed the Liberal leader’s recent election defeat to what she describes as an “anti-Trump scare campaign” orchestrated by the media. In a […]

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Media Moguls & Political Puppeteers: Time to Drag the ‘Fair Go’ Back from the Boardroom BBQ!

What I think of the LNP

Israel’s New INGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say

As expected, Dutton was unelectable

Leading technology and engineering Academy sees Albanese Government’s re-election as an opportunity to build a more innovative Australia

From Ramsay Street to Rabbit Holes: How a Soap Star Became Australia’s Queen of Conspiracy Flop

Refashioned History: Liberal Catastrophes and Labor Triumphs

How Car Lobbyists, Political Cowards, and a SkyBus Cult Kept us Stuck in Traffic Since the ‘70s

Gina Rinehart Blames Media for Peter Dutton’s Election Loss, Advocates for Trump-Style Revival

Next government must make bold healthcare reforms amid cost-of-living crisis

Australia’s 2025 election: a deep clean for democracy

Can the New Generation of Labor Leaders Revitalise Australian Social Democracy?

A resounding win for the world’s nuclear-free clean energy movement

Shifting the blame: right-wing excuses for Dutton’s election debacle

Thank God for Mississippi