Election 2016: Media Groundhog Day
By James Moylan In the 80s and 90s we often discussed the need to rid Australia of the dead hand of our media monopolies. It […]
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The Peta Principle – how Abbott rose to the level of his incompetence
By Ad astra ‘What’s wrong with Tony Abbott?” It’s a question that’s been asked ever since he rose to prominence as party leader, if not […]
Wealth abuse, taxation and religion
By Brian Morris For three long years the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse heard tragic testimony from thousands of victims of abuse perpetrated by […]
Safe Schools, Unsafe Politicians
By Ad astra Now we see it, the Christian-Right Liberal reactionaries digging their cruel claws into PM Turnbull over the ‘Safe Schools’ program, one specifically […]
The eve of destruction
Sometimes people say the best of things. Their words stick with you, they strike a chord, they have us all nodding in agreement. They say […]
What shareholders can teach voters
By Anthony Element OAM One accusation that is guaranteed to earn a company board a good smacking from shareholders, especially institutional shareholders, is to be […]
Give us a universal basic income
By Stacy Shores Raising kids is the single most important thing anyone can do. Personally, it perpetuates your genetics (admittedly diluted somewhat with someone else’s […]
Australia’s silent state – Government betrays democracy
By Steve Davies The silence Successive Australian Governments and the Australian Public Service are used to dominating political decision making and discussion. Government speaks, mainstream […]
Religious leaders and political change
Denis Bright raises the growing profile of mainstream international religious leaders in political debate and even international relations. At Havana Airport en route to Mexico, […]
Attempting to Silence the Dissenting Minorities
By Philip Ayton Freedom. What does it mean to you? Truth? Democracy? Well to me, the three go hand in hand. If democracy works, then […]
A Healthy Australian Economy
By Peter Martin A High Dollar, a Healthy Economy, Low Deficits: Pick Any Two from Three! We all might like to have: 1) A high Australian […]
Are Australia’s carbon emissions and air quality rankings really surprising?
By Dr Anthony Horton In the Yale University ‘Global Environmental Performance Index’ (EPI) report published earlier this month, Australia did not rate too well. Ranked […]
Where are the real headlines?
By Truth Seeker If there was ever a valid argument for MSM (mainstream media) bias, these last few months have cemented that argument in the minds […]
The renewable energy revolution powers on in the United States
By Dr Anthony Horton A joint report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) has shown that the […]
The Road to Perdition: Australia and the Neoconservative agenda
By Dr Strobe Driver Adding to John Kelly’s fine AIMN article of 11 January, 2016 entitled ‘What is Neoliberalism and why knowing matters’, I would […]