The Australian Independent Media Network

Diver holds sign underwater against climate disaster.

‘Drill Baby, Drill’: Report shows Woodside hell-bent on profit while people and nature pay the price

25 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Greenpeace Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned gas corporation Woodside’s annual earnings announcement today, saying its billion dollar profits come at the expense of Australian communities and nature on the frontlines of extreme weather […]

Gloominess and Magical Thinking: The Comical, Frightening Mike Burgess

25 February 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Never allow intelligence chiefs to speak publicly. Their prerogative lies in lying, their reassurance, cool deception. While the attractions of transparency are powerful, the result of a garrulous spook is always going to be unreliable. […]

First Man, Elon Musk: USA’s first same-sex presidency

25 February 2025 Tess Lawrence 7

The love affair between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, spewed onto the global stage before us all, now holds the world to ransom. And for some, in thrall. We are held hostage to their […]

Howling wolves follow the pack

25 February 2025 Jon Chesterson 7

Wolves among the flock Jewish Journalist Exposes Israel, Katie Halper, Double Down News yesterday – not the first, not the second or the last. Australian establishment seizes on backwards comments by nurses to escalate phoney […]

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Australia undermining it’s own future to appease economic theories flaunted by others

24 February 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 2

“Believing the mythology of others is dangerous. Believing your own is fatal.” Unregulated capitalism and inadequate regulatory frameworks pose significant dangers to economic stability, social equity and political integrity. These issues are exacerbated by systemic […]

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How Different Is Labor from the LNP on Important Issues?

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay Description: How Different is Labor? Are Labor and the LNP genuinely different? Discover their policies on key issues like healthcare, education, and the economy – and what it means for Australians. Introduction […]

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Peter Dutton abandons global ‘Paris Agreement’ to phase out climate pollution by 2050

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Solutions for Climate Australia Media Release New analysis from the national Climate Change Authority shows the Liberal and National Parties’ nuclear scheme would breach Australia’s commitment to international climate pollution targets and break their promise […]

A layman’s view of reality

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 26

By Tim Dixon Is anybody else frustrated? I am. Allow me to vent mine, in a rambling sort of way: Yeah, OK… we are here… somehow, a US president of a right-wing variety has […]

In January, billionaires amassed more wealth than the poorest third of humanity owns

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Oxfam Australia Media Release Billionaire wealth surged by over $300 billion in the first month of the year. It would take 15 million workers an entire year to make as much money. Since G20 Finance […]

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Dirty deed: Dutton’s nuclear scheme locks in 20 years of higher climate pollution

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Climate Council Media Release Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton is keeping Australians in the dark about his risky nuclear scheme. An explosive new report from Australia’s independent Climate Change Authority reveals the Federal Coalition’s nuclear […]

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Monash expert: German election result marks a turn to the right

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Monash University Media Release Germany has lurched to the right with conservative parties, led by opposition leader Friedrich Merz, winning the most support in national elections, while the Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support […]

Albrechtsen headline in The Australian saying that a Human Rights Act would lead to judicial activism.

“Activist Judges:” around the world “conservative” activists are trying to nobble the law

24 February 2025 Lucy Hamilton 2

One of the key strategies used by the transnational authoritarian Right to subvert democratic projects is “playing the refs.” Their strategists work to discredit journalists and media platforms that hold them to account. They tarnish […]

Pink piggy bank with Australians For Affordable Energy.

New report confirms nuclear fears: Higher bills, higher emissions

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Australians for Affordable Energy Media Release The Climate Change Authority’s latest report confirms the risks of delaying a clean energy future in favour of nuclear power will lead to higher emissions and increased costs for […]

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Australia takes enforcement action against Telegram for serious delay in terror and child sexual abuse transparency

24 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

eSafety Commissioner Media Release eSafety has given Telegram an infringement notice for almost $1 million for failing to respond to a transparency reporting notice deadline by over five months, delaying the publication of critical information […]

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Donnie Darwin

23 February 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By James Moore They don’t have a plan. But they do have a goal. And the results will have an effect similar to eugenics. Elonald is doing surgery on government budgets with a chainsaw. The […]