The Australian Independent Media Network

By Walt Zlotow   Loading up or flying planes to Israel with tons of weapons, the likes of which have already killed over 70,000 Palestinians. Any service member doing that is guilty of assisting genocide… […]

The rhetoric of transforming the Pentagon into a “battlefield power” is historically illiterate, morally bankrupt, and a recipe for endless war. A recent public statement by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, celebrating the transformation of […]

Debt, Democracy, and Digital Dependency The AI Wars: How Australia Became a Server Farm with a Flag Over two days, Urban Wronski examines the speculative bubble hollowing out democracy and the colonial logic reshaping Australia’s […]

It began with the colourful confessions of former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe. In a report published in The Age on November 8, Donohoe made salty allegations that the private security intended for overseeing “unlawful […]

SSI, ACOSS, FECCA, SCOA, CCA and RCOA joint Media Release One year after the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the country’s first national roadmap to eliminate racism, 54 civil society organisations are calling on the […]

By Sarah Noel There’s something you notice when you walk into a small business that’s been around a while. The light is warmer. Someone knows your name. The way the counter squeaks or the menu […]

UNSW Sydney Media Release A new framework could transform content creation by requiring creators to stake money on the accuracy of their claims. With misinformation and AI-generated deepfakes widespread, UNSW Business School and PwC Australia […]

By Dr Martha Knox Haly  If you lose your house to climate change, there is a 90% chance you will still be living in a tent 5 years later. We all know Australia is in […]

There is a fundamental, often fatal, mismatch between the world of the bookkeeper and the mind of the visionary. The bookkeeper operates in a universe of defined columns – black ink for profit, red for […]

This work is offered as a tribute to the late John Clarke and his brilliant collaborator, Bryan Dawe. Together, they transformed Australian political satire, pairing clarity with understatement and wit with moral intelligence. Their dialogues […]

By Elizabeth Dangerfield   Imagine for one moment that you live in a little village in one of the remotest places on the planet. You cannot reach it by road or by train. You can […]