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Peter Dutton: Then and now, always the wrong man for the job

18 February 2025 John Lord 7
Those of you who read my weekly missives could not but conclude other than l have very little time for Peter Dutton. Others, more credentialed than l, also have little time for him. I promise […]
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How bloody well informed are we? It doesn’t look good!

18 February 2025 Jon Chesterson 12
This is the dead land*   this is cactus land here the stone images   are raised, here they receive the supplication of a dead man’s hand   under the twinkle of a fading star. […]
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YouGov – no I’m just kidding

17 February 2025 Jon Chesterson 28
Where’s our news, where are the investigative journalists, where’s our ABC and who the fudgestone are YouGov? The ABC busted: our most trusted and public broadcaster drops the YouGov bombshell, except they hide the real […]
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New research reveals affordable housing is a vote-changing election issue

11 February 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 […]
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Election 2025: Who let the dogs out?

4 February 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 […]
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Democracy Fragile in QLD Local Governments

2 February 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 […]
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The Liberal Party, Moira Deeming and political Christianity

25 January 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 […]
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Politics

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

24 January 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 […]
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Politics

Federal divisions of Maribyrnong and Hinkler

24 January 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 […]
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The cashless welfare card is not yet dead and buried

19 January 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 […]
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Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy is unclear policy

18 January 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

13 January 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 […]
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Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 3)

9 January 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 […]
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Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 2)

8 January 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 […]
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Politics

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

7 January 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 […]

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