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Sussan Ley tries to rewrite history

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 20

Palestine Action Group Media Release Today has witnessed a new low in the sickening attempt by some politicians to exploit the horrific massacre at Bondi in order to attack the mass protest movement in which […]

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How Did Australia Get Here?

19 January 2026 Michael Taylor 27

For the first time in Australian political history, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is polling higher than the Liberal–National Coalition. Let that sink in. A party that thrives on fear, resentment, and division – a […]

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Rev. King sadly disparaged for his opposition to Vietnam War

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 0

By Walt Zlotow On Rev. Martin Luther King Day I always reflect on the last year of his life he kicked off with his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” at New York’s […]

Sleepwalking on the Money: Inequality, Surveillance and the Cashless Society

19 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to facilitate financial transactions while avoiding such silly inconveniences as carrying cash and scouting for a […]

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Average Australian billionaire wealth grew by over half a million dollars a day in the last year

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

Oxfam Australia Media Release New report calls for taxing the super-rich to tackle rampant inequality Average Australian billionaires’ wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the last year alone, or over $10.5 billion collectively, […]

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Macron’s Bold Play: Europe’s “Trade Bazooka” vs. Trump’s Greenland Gambit

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 7

By Peter Brown In a sharp escalation of transatlantic tensions, French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the European Union to ready its most powerful – and untested – trade weapon against the United States. The […]

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Daddy Issues, Castrati, and the Political Pathologising of Women

19 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 5

I watched a short clip of Miranda Devine attempting to explain why younger women dislike Donald Trump. It was awful. Not “controversial.” Not “provocative.” Just awful – in the way that makes you sit back […]

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America’s Second Civil War

19 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By James Moore (The story below is speculative fiction that I wrote while sitting around worrying about my country and its future. It is also the stuff of nightmares that an increasing number of U.S. […]

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The American Empire’s Barbed-Wire Canoe

18 January 2026 David Tyler 5

The American Empire has finally done it. After strutting the globe like a prize bull in a china shop, for what seemed an eternity, (the blink of an eye in world history), it has tripped […]

We Can’t Stop All Bushfires. But We Can Stop Pretending Total Loss Is Inevitable

18 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 1

Australia is rightly having another conversation about bushfires, housing vulnerability, and what can realistically be done to reduce loss. A recent article in The Age argued for a “simple system”: a standardised way to assess […]

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No time to reflect

18 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 2

By Maria Millers January is when we start easing back into our yearly routines. The chaos of Christmas behind us… Xmas leftovers finally eaten; newly minted New Year resolutions most likely already breached, the […]

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Why Australia Got Fat: Obesity and Social Justice Connection

18 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Denis Hay Description Obesity and social justice collide. Discover how corporate greed and policy failures fuel Australia’s growing health crisis. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Forgotten Australia Brisbane, […]

Beyond the Blame Game: Unmasking the Complex Reality of Conflict in Nigeria

18 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 5

Introduction: The Dangerous Simplicity of a Single Story In December 2025, following a U.S. airstrike in Nigeria, Australian Senator Michaelia Cash issued a statement declaring that “Australia should always stand with partners confronting Islamist terror.” […]

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If Trump Won’t Sell Me Hawaii, I’ll Do Something… Or Not!

18 January 2026 Rossleigh 5

The funny thing about the United States… The United States… Now there’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one! Anyway, the funny thing is how strongly some of its people defend its beliefs and values […]

It’s Not “Just Bad Periods”

18 January 2026 Roger Chao 5

I had a friend (name changed) who suffered from horrible endometriosis for years, battling not just the disease itself, but also the social stigma, denial from medical practitioners and the system. On the outside, Claire […]