The Australian Independent Media Network

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Election must focus on easing hardship, not stoke fear and division

28 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release With the federal election campaign now underway, ACOSS is urging all parties and candidates to deliver real solutions to address the hardship people are facing, rising inequality […]

Authoritarian Politics: Netanyahu’s War on Israeli Institutions

28 March 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 12

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a war on many fronts. He has ended the tense ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza in spectacularly bloody fashion and resumed bombing of Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. […]

Not in my name

28 March 2025 Roger Chao 0

In this quiet hour, I summon words, a humble man amidst shadows long, To speak of wounds not my own, to voice a plea so loud and strong. For streets that haunt with harried silence, […]

Meet Craig Hill – Legalise Cannabis Party Candidate for Bonner

28 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 24

My name is Craig Hill, and I’m proud to be standing as the Legalise Cannabis Party candidate for the federal seat of Bonner at the upcoming election. Our party believes it’s time for honest, evidence-based […]

Politics

Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Coalition’s budget reply contained no plan for supporting those on the lowest incomes or addressing the housing affordability crisis. “Nothing in the Coalition’s plan would permanently […]

Numbers don’t lie: $0 for nuclear, $1.3bn for polluting gas and bucketloads of climate harm in Opposition’s budget reply

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

The Climate Council Media Release Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply details the Liberal-National Party’s polluting policies on energy and climate change: $0 for nuclear begs the question: is the party now walking away from […]

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Peter Dutton and the LNP’s Fuel Excise Flip-Flop: A Masterclass in Hypocrisy 101

27 March 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 9

Spoiler Alert: His Principles Have a ‘Best Before’ Date of May 2025. Introduction Oh, how the tables have turned or more accurately, how they’ve been ‘violently yeeted’ into oncoming traffic. After years of clutching their […]

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Economics Committee reports on ASIC

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

The Department of the House of Representatives Media Release The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has released the final report for its reviews of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) annual reports of 2021, 2022 […]

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Why Dickson Electorate Matters: Breaking the Two-Party Grip

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Description The Dickson electorate matters because it could reshape Australian politics. Is it time to break the two-party grip? Discover the candidates and what’s at stake. Introduction: A High-Stakes Election Picture this: […]

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What “Peter Dutton says … ” is hardly worth listening to

27 March 2025 Michael Taylor 6

Peter Dutton’s been a loud voice as Opposition Leader and his statements get plenty of airtime – especially in a media landscape that leans heavily on his soundbites. (They’re easy to spot: articles that kick […]

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The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

27 March 2025 Roger Chao 2

In the land of Terra Firma, where the sun doth brightly shine, There arose a curious sect, with a doctrine most divine. No robes of white, nor beads of prayer, nor incense filled the air, […]

Time for Labor to rebuild shattered credibility on environment ahead of election, says Greenpeace

26 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Greenpeace Media Release CANBERRA, 26 MARCH 2025 – As the Prime Minister’s bill to weaken environmental oversight of the salmon industry and push a species closer to extinction passes into legislation today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific […]

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More of the same

26 March 2025 2353NM 6

It’s always amusing when the ‘news’ from a political party’s parliamentary meetings is the leader told people to stop leaking information to the media. The only way we find out about the speech is that […]

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Federal Budget falls short of what is needed to truly address inequality and poverty: Oxfam

26 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Oxfam Australia Media Release In response to the 2025 Federal Budget, Oxfam Australia Acting Chief Executive Dr Chrisanta Muli said: “In a world facing unparalleled crises, escalating conflict, and growing poverty, the Australian Government’s Federal […]

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Trump’s Star Wars Revival: The Golden Dome Antimissile Fantasy

26 March 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 15

Bad ideas do not necessarily die; they retire to museums of failure and folly, awaiting to be revived by the next proponent who should know better. The Iron Dome shield vision of US President Donald […]