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New research reveals affordable housing is a vote-changing election issue

February 11, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Community Housing Industry Association Media Release New research from Redbridge for the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) and PowerHousing Australia (PHA) shows an expansion of low cost rental housing will be a vote changing political […]

Politics

Election 2025: Who let the dogs out?

February 4, 2025 Dr James Moylan 10

Before we all plunge into electioneering mode I would like to say a few things about the piss-poor political choices available in Australia, as well as the piss-poor political discussions that we are all about […]

Politics

Democracy Fragile in QLD Local Governments

February 2, 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Callen Sorensen Karklis In 2024 during the QLD Local Government elections – much like in the NSW local elections – interesting changes occurred in our democracy across the state. Many voters, much like the […]

Moira Deeming
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The Liberal Party, Moira Deeming and political Christianity

January 25, 2025 Lucy Hamilton 19

It is desirable and appropriate that politicians with a religious commitment are elected to office in Australian politics, while also at times keeping separate their professional roles from private convictions for the sake of constituents […]

Politics

There are 12 males and 11 females: That’s what I call a cabinet

January 24, 2025 John Lord 8

With the latest Labor cabinet reshuffle, brought on by the resignation of Bill Shorten, comes the realisation that the Government now has 12 males and 11 females on its front bench – quite an extraordinary […]

Politics

Federal divisions of Maribyrnong and Hinkler

January 24, 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives Media Release As previously announced, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Milton Dick MP received letters of resignation from the Honourable Keith Pitt as the Federal […]

Politics

The cashless welfare card is not yet dead and buried

January 19, 2025 Michael Taylor 6

Under a potential Dutton-led government, there have been indications that the reintroduction of a cashless welfare card system, similar to the Indue Card, could be on the agenda. Peter Dutton has publicly suggested reintroducing a […]

Politics

Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy is unclear policy

January 18, 2025 Michael Taylor 6

Peter Dutton’s signature nuclear energy policy has rightly been subject to significant criticism and analysis, highlighting several key issues: The policy has been criticised for its potential high costs. Reputable sources suggest that nuclear energy […]

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The Morrison Government: A textbook case of rampant, moral disengagement

January 13, 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]

Politics

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 3)

January 9, 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 2 Through that single act of dismissal, Kerr had breathed new life into the arcane reserve powers of the Crown once considered obsolete, superseded by the democratic fabric of […]

Politics

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 2)

January 8, 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 1 After years of legal action, still absent from public view are crucial documents from a most contentious time in British imperial history: the 1947 and 1948 diaries covering […]

Politics

ABC News refuses to correct manifestly false reporting about Labor’s poverty reduction

January 7, 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

By Alan Austin An interview on the 7.30 Report in November asserted falsely that poverty in Australia was worsening under the Albanese Government. That segment, as shown in an earlier analysis last month, reported that […]

Politics

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 1)

January 7, 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Jenny Hocking Abstract Gough Whitlam was deeply committed to the preservation of history, and keenly attuned to the importance of the documentary record in the writing of it. For Whitlam, the written record – […]

Politics

The continual cover up – Jenny Hocking on the strange disappearance of Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file

January 5, 2025 AIMN Editorial 9

By Jenny Hocking And it is not just Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file that has been “culled” by the National Archives of Australia. The relevant Government House Guest Books at the time of the Dismissal have […]

Politics

Political Futures: More Data Can Still Erode Populist Influences

January 5, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Bright A federal budget in March 2025 offers yet another chance to broaden the economic information base for both constituents and media commentators. If the Albanese Government is defeated, expect the LNP to […]

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