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Mockery of Democracy: Now Brought to You by Sportsbet

9 December 2025 David Tyler 10

The Stadium Tasmania Cannot Afford to Build – Yet Cannot Refuse Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does […]

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When the System Forgets the Humans: Why Australia’s Aged-Care Assessment Workforce Must Stay, Speak, and Survive the Storm

9 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 5

By A Concerned Citizen There are moments in public policy when the machinery of government begins to move in ways that even its own operators struggle to explain. Australia’s shift to the new Support at […]

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Advance OR I Just Want My Country Back!!

8 December 2025 Rossleigh 4

Every now and then I see some list or other where the person laments what things were like when they were growing up. You know the sort of thing: Only white people were allowed in […]

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MEET: When Government Gets AI Ethics Wrong, Civil Society Gets It Right

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Steve Davies On 1 October, I submitted a report on moral engagement to Senator Katy Gallagher. The APSC replied 2 December – polite, but essentially evasive. During those two months, I consolidated and operationalised […]

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Labor must stop propping up dirty gas and support industry to decarbonise

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned the Albanese government against plans to subsidise gas for industrial users, saying it should instead be supporting industry to decarbonise. Media reports today that Labor […]

The Spider in the Room

8 December 2025 Roswell 8

Every day in the United States, an average of 130 people die from gunshot wounds. That’s one every eleven minutes. Over a year it adds up to roughly 47,000 lives – more than the population […]

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Social Media Ban: UNSW Experts Comment

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

UNSW Sydney Media Release The Australian Government’s new restrictions preventing people under 16 from accessing social media platforms will come into effect on 10 December 2025. The changes require platforms to implement age-verification measures and […]

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Australian Democracy Sold Off to the Highest Bidder

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Denis Hay Description Australian democracy sold off through donations, lobbying, and policy influence. Discover who benefits and what Australians can do to reclaim power. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: […]

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The fire next doorl

8 December 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2

A Clarke & Dawe–Inspired Interrogation of Murdoch’s Renewable Ambulance Chasing THE INTERVIEW Interviewer: Let’s begin. A solar farm was on fire? Spokesperson: Yes. Terrible business. Interviewer: A grassfire? Spokesperson: Well, yes. But we’ve carefully placed […]