The Australian Independent Media Network

Youth, local dedication and fresh perspective versus established political insider: Farrer By-election

27 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 11

By Jack Arnold Hi, Michelle Milthorpe Team The Sydney Morning Herald appears to have picked up on shifting voter sentiment in Farrer with its recent article on One Nation candidate, David Farley. There are […]

The Quest for a Definition of Life

27 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 11

By Steve Davis In 1943 the eminent physicist Erwin Schrodinger gave a series of lectures in Dublin that were later published in book form under the title What Is Life? Its success was considerable as […]

Trump to America… “No dough for the Commons. I need it for my criminal wars”

27 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Walt Zlotow President Trump has a bizarre way of demonstrating his claim of being the Peace President deserving the Nobel Peace Prize. He spent his first term raining down tens of thousands of bombs […]

The Autumn of Things

26 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

By James Moore “I was born in the autumn of things.” (Richard Flanagan, Australian author). Our carburetors had to be opened up for the engines to get us up the Front Range. We had just […]

A strange honour

26 April 2026 Michael Taylor 11

The shooting that disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a stark reminder of how quickly public life can turn volatile – gunfire, confusion, and the swift evacuation of Donald Trump and other officials. […]

The Minilateralist Incentive: A Climate Change Conference in Colombia

26 April 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

Not much good comes from war. Qualifying exceptions, however, can be found. The United Nations, tarnished, libelled and mocked for being simultaneously ineffectual and intrusive, was the mediating entity for international relations that grew from […]

The PM Explains Gas

26 April 2026 David Tyler 8

“This piece is intended as a modest tribute to the genius of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, who together created something that Australian public life has not recovered from losing: a weekly two minutes of […]

Whose Cradle? Whose Grave?

26 April 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 9

How AUKUS is Becoming the Largest Wealth Transfer in Australian History – and Why the Government Won’t Tell You the Cost Dedicated to my wife, who sees through the secrecy and still chooses to fight […]

Is President Trump mentally unstable? (Part 2)

25 April 2026 John Lord 10

Continued from Part 1 In 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, a book edited by Dr Bandy X. Lee, presented the assessments of 27 psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals, argued that Trump’s […]

THE RECEIPT: The Tab

25 April 2026 David Tyler 10

Part Two: Who Else is Picking up the Tab? In Part One of The Receipt, a bloke in a Collingwood jumper stood at the Ararat servo staring at a $255 diesel bill and uttered one […]

From Welfare to War: Following the 2007 Money Trail

25 April 2026 Michael Taylor 1

Many social media articles lately push a familiar argument: as defence spending rises, government services fall behind. The more we allocate to the military, the more strain we place on the systems people rely on […]

The System Sought to Eliminate Variation in Judgement – Instead it Standardised Unpredictability

25 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

By Carey Civis How aged care reform standardised unpredictability: this is a story about forced decision-making, constrained clinical judgement, and administrative systems that multiply faster than their ability to deliver coherent care. Experienced assessors are […]

Legitimacy, Inequality and the Reclassification of Dissent: Political Violence Narratives and the Crisis of Representation in Australia

25 April 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Trust-Fall – The Crisis of Representation, Dissent and State Legitimacy. By Nick Chugg Abstract This article develops a political sociology critique of contemporary Australian claims that increased protections for politicians are justified by a […]

THE RECEIPT Part One: Where Does the Money Go?

24 April 2026 David Tyler 7

At the Ararat servo last Tuesday, a bloke in a Collingwood jumper ahead of me in the queue stares at the bowser as if it had just insulted Jock McHale. Two hundred and fifty-five dollars […]

Is President Trump mentally unstable?

24 April 2026 John Lord 8

This article asks: Do the President’s recent conduct and statements indicate mental instability that affects his job performance? By examining his actions, considering mental health expert assessments, and consistent behaviours, the article argues these factors […]