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Let’s Ban Division This Australia Day!

January 16, 2025 Rossleigh 8

This Australia Day it’s worth remembering that our ANZACs invaded Turkey so that we could all be free to celebrate Australia Day on the 26th of January and don’t let anyone tell you differently. In […]

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‘The Peasants are Revolting – again !’

January 14, 2025 Terence Mills 7

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is to visit Israel for a week of discussions with the Israeli government – probably not with Benjamin Netanyahu as it would seem inappropriate for our first law officer to be meeting […]

Politics

Democracy: Swings and Merry-go-rounds

January 13, 2025 Bert Hetebry 7

Jimmy Carter’s Law Day Speech 4 May 1974: ‘I’m not a qualified to talk to you about law, because in addition to being a peanut farmer, I’m an engineer and nuclear physicist, not a lawyer… […]

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Blame it on the Media?

January 12, 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By James Moore “If you don’t want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and […]

Politics

A firestorm of misinformation

January 12, 2025 Lucy Hamilton 4

Meta’s decision to stop factchecking its platforms was announced in the same week as LA continues to be devastated by wildfires. The two events are long in the making and related. Wearing a $900,000 watch, […]

Politics

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 6)

January 12, 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 5 The Lost Archive: Government House Guest Books In 2010, I first requested access to the Government House guest books held by the Archives, which provide the details of […]

Politics

Dawn of the Don

January 5, 2025 AIMN Editorial 12

By James Moore A few weeks after the recent election, we were having dinner with a small group of friends. Of course, the results of the vote began to be discussed and my buddy sitting […]

AIM Extra

The Revolutionary Act of Real Conversations

January 5, 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Sue Barrett How Conversations Build Bridges, Empower Change, and Challenge the Status Quo Conversations are the foundation of every meaningful change in society. They are the revolutionary act that empowers us to dismantle division, […]

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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What I wished I’d known at 45

January 4, 2025 Bert Hetebry 4

It was a question, asking for advice, I think. I’m old, much older than 45, so the question may well have been asking for guidance or advice. Can you tell me one thing you know […]

Politics

Democracy: Party or Independents?

January 3, 2025 Bert Hetebry 12

The rise of independent members of parliament and the interest in having more raises intriguing questions. I like the idea of independent representatives as law makers but it does throw up challenges when forming government […]

Satire

When You Can’t Say “Merry Christmas”!

January 3, 2025 Rossleigh 6

Someone just told me that it was inappropriate to say, “Merry Christmas.” I told them that it’s a free country and that I can say what I like and I won’t be dictated to by […]

Politics

The ugly side of politics

January 3, 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

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

A year has ended. Another has begun.

January 1, 2025 John Lord 6

In this pivotal moment in our history, the necessity for clear, evidence-based writing has reached unprecedented urgency. The year 2024 has heralded a significant transformation, marked by a disconcerting rise in politically motivated right-wing aggression […]

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Number 1 for 2024: New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network

December 30, 2024 AIMN Editorial 7

The wait is over! Number 1 can at last be revealed. This March article by Lucy Hamilton put New Zealand on AIMN reader’s maps. A worthy winner. Well done, Lucy. Just as the Atlas Network-connected […]

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