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Rotting Wood in Port of Zion

17 October 2025 Jon Chesterson 10

From an Unhinged BBC and Other Western Mainstream Media Crackpots – Don’t We Have Serious Problems of Our Own? Today’s big headline from the BBC, allegedly late yesterday – ‘China arrested 30 Christians. Some fear […]

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The Quiet Erosion: Is Australia’s Democracy Slipping Away?

8 March 2025 Michael Taylor 14

Introduction In the summer of 2023, as Australians voted down the Voice to Parliament referendum, a quieter story unfolded online: conspiracy theories about “rigged” ballots flooded social media, fueled by foreign bots and amplified by […]

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What a way to start an election campaign!

2 March 2025 John Lord 7

After a brief deliberation of just a few hours, Dutton hastily implemented a “Me Too” policy regarding Medicare and bulk billing. His swift action, however, uncovered his lack of a coherent response to Labor’s initiative […]

Tittle-tattle, rittle-rattle: Dutton in Adelaide

21 February 2025 Jon Chesterson 6

Another fudgestone kop prank from spudsville courtesy of Sky News king of muck rakers. An unletter to the Sydney Morning Herald, and thanks to GL for the thumbs up this morning, following on from ‘How […]

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Australians must not ignore the Religious right’s global warnings 2.0

31 January 2025 Lucy Hamilton 15

This essay was first published at the AIMN in September 2022. Since then the world has changed dramatically. Much of that change has been strategically orchestrated by networks of operations, with substantial funding from fossil […]

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The Doomsday Clock is completely ignored

30 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Alasdair Black The Doomsday Clock has just been moved closer to midnight than ever, at 89 seconds to midnight, citing nuclear war threat, global warming and “Artificial Intelligence!” Commonly called AI. We need to […]

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Trade wars: Will a China-America trade war see Australia caught in the middle?

29 January 2025 Michael Taylor 7

Talk of President Trump’s tariffs has invariably led to fears of trade wars should countries retaliate, with all eyes on China as the other big player. A trade war is: ”… an economic conflict often […]

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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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How Donald Trump could be bad for Australia

23 January 2025 Michael Taylor 14

Donald Trump’s victory in November was celebrated by a number of politicians, media and a certain section of the Australian public. But what was there to celebrate? Trump’s policies could have several significant impacts on […]

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2025 – Australia’s dangerous nuclear dance with Dutton?

20 January 2025 Noel Wauchope 13

Why I must now focus on Australia’s nuclear question For the past 18 years, I have been running two websites dedicated to the nuclear-free cause. I started these when John Howard was proposing nuclear power […]

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Australian billionaires each made $67,000 an hour, 1300 times more than the average Australian

20 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Oxfam Australia Media Release Australia’s 47 billionaires take home on average $67,000 an hour, over 1300 times more than the average Australian, new Oxfam analysis reveals, as the anti-poverty organisation calls for the major parties […]

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Moral Engagement – it’s a Walk in the Park

20 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Steve Davies A User Guide for Great and Caring Government People in Australia and, for that matter, in other democracies know there’s a lot wrong with politics and the conduct of government itself. Trust […]

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Perpetuating Trauma

18 January 2025 Bert Hetebry 4

There was some good news yesterday. A ceasefire has been called in the Israel/Gaza conflict. It capped off a disturbing week where various issues seemed to be about ongoing inter-generational traumas. Just an ordinary every […]

Who will win the 2025 federal election and why

17 January 2025 Michael Taylor 12

Predicting the outcome of a federal election involves numerous variables, public sentiment and, it goes without saying, campaign effectiveness. There can only be one winner, and here’s why each major party has that chance. LNP […]

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Ceasefire agreement in Gaza a ‘moment of hope’ for children

16 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Plan International Australia Media Release While today’s agreement offers a moment of hope for children who have been suffering unimaginable loss for over 15 months, we must remember that the situation for children in Gaza […]

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