Have a heart, Miranda
By Jane Salmon Miranda Devine’s article ‘The curious case of NDIS and the autism boom’ made me sad enough to cry. Then It made me […]
Articles by The AIM Network
“It’s a natural phase in life”
Tracie Aylmer is a human rights advocate who believes in respect for all, and has written many articles about the injustice being dealt to asylum […]
10 Million
Sometime over the next couple of days we’re going to reach what we reckon will be a fairly impressive milestone: AIMN articles will welcome their […]
Yes, we do need to talk about the spurious nonsense being taught to children in our schools
By James Moylan This week the Liberal Senator for South Australia, Cory Bernadi, told SKY News that the Safe Schools Project is actually aimed at […]
Malcolm’s Bitter Harvest
By Ad astra It would be trite to begin with the platitude: You reap what you sow. To Malcolm Turnbull though, that cliché must have […]
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 […]
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 […]