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A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

15 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once at war? This is the situation facing Gaza as the occupying Israeli forces go about their business making […]

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Driving in Circles

15 January 2026 Roger Chao 6

I have sat on the board of numerous accreditation/assessment agencies for overseas qualifications/professions – the below is not an actual/specific person, but an amalgamation of the various people’s stories I have encountered in these roles. […]

The Permanent Machinery: The Pre-Written Playbook for Tragedy and Control

15 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

This analysis encountered a critical data anomaly: the specific future incident it referenced was contaminated by chronologically impossible source material. This flaw, however, reveals a deeper truth. The response mechanisms detailed below are not predictions, […]

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On the Eve of Destruction: Has His Majesty’s Madness for War Led His Loyal Supporters Astray?

15 January 2026 David Tyler 2

The Persian Gulf is no longer a tinderbox; it is an inferno. Just this morning, President Trump of the USA and Venezuela, as he now styles himself, has effectively issued a declaration of intent, telling […]

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Calling the dead a “deranged lunatic” is not leadership

14 January 2026 Michael Taylor 10

There are moments in public life when the mask slips so completely that no amount of spin can put it back in place. Karoline Leavitt’s decision to refer to Renee Nicole Good – a woman […]

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Spectral Threats: China, Russia and Trump’s Greenland Rationale

14 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

The Trump administration’s mania about Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, is something to behold. Its untutored thuggery, its brash assertiveness, and the increasingly strident threats to either use force, bully Denmark into a sale […]

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100 days into ceasefire Gaza still deliberately deprived of water as aid groups forced to scavenge under illegal blockade

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam and partners restore limited water access for 156,000 amid near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse. 100 days into the ceasefire announcement, in a week that has seen more severe weather […]

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New hate speech laws must balance free speech and protection

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

RMIT University Media Release Parliament has been recalled early to debate the Labor government’s new hate speech bill. An RMIT expert says questions remain about how to protect communities without limiting free speech, and explains […]

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Why Career Politicians Block Real Reform in Australia

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 9

By Denis Hay Description Why career politicians block reform in Australia, even when voters demand change, and how incentives, not personalities, shape outcomes. Introduction: The Reform That Never Arrives Across Australia, a familiar pattern […]

The First Time I Was Anti-Semitic…

14 January 2026 Rossleigh 12

Over the years, I number of things have confused me. For example, I remember writing to a columnist in response to her rather strange attitudes in the strange time after the 2001 World Trades Centre […]

Political Futures: Stronger Progressive United Front to Broaden the Hate Speech Legislation

14 January 2026 Denis Bright 17

The far-right of Australian politics and the LNP, with the support of the Murdoch Press, have had a field day during the summer break to foster a commitment against hate speech. The tragic events at […]

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My Hands, In Plain Sight

14 January 2026 Roger Chao 0

I’ve been CEO or large early childhood providers, seen first-hand the amazing and wonderful work the rare male educations did, as well as some of the stigma they faced. Below is an all too common […]

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Aftermath of the Bondi massacre

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 8

By Antony Loewenstein Welcome to 2026. The year has started with a US invasion and kidnapping in Venezuela, ongoing Israeli killings in Gaza, surging violence in the West Bank, huge protests in Iran against its […]

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On the Eve of Destruction: The Napoleon Complex and America’s Multi‑Front Folly

14 January 2026 David Tyler 3

The map on the Resolute’s Desk no longer resembles strategy; it looks like a drunk’s shopping list at a colonial fire sale, continents ringed in red like discount stickers on doomed stock. In a few […]

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Religious hate speech from the Bible and the Quran

13 January 2026 Bert Hetebry 9

The challenge of having freedom of religion and the way both the Bible and the Quran deal with difference makes the idea of legislating against hate speech from religious leaders and their followers an almost […]