Will we be in the future?
A few coming events in our planet’s future – some predicted, some certain – will see the human race wiped off the face of the […]
Articles by Michael Taylor
What are the spiders trying to tell us?
Change can be gradual, or it can be sudden. Either way, we humans are usually prepared for it. We’ve seen it coming. We’ve been warned. […]
2024 belongs to us
Something missing as we approached 2024 was the bubbling enthusiasm that normally greets each new year. The feeling of “We can put that year behind […]
Tell me about Peter Dutton
I’ve been having fun… without even having to think. Thanks to Bard (Google’s AI tool), all the thinking was done for me. All I have […]
We have failed the First Nations people
These words by Scott Bennett in his book White Politics and Black Australians have always resonated with me: “The aspirations of Aboriginal Australians are expressed through […]
The sad truth
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comment that: … she did not believe there are any ongoing impacts of colonisation, but in some cases, a “positive impact”. […]
I’m doing it for Jake
It had been a long, hot day by the time Jake and I arrived at a far north SA town where we were to stay […]
Indigenous disadvantage tells us much about our history
Long title: What do major issues that impact on Aboriginal people in contemporary Australian society tell us about our history? It is difficult to isolate […]
The Murdoch Media Inquiry Bill 2023: Have your say
The AIMN received an email yesterday from the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee. Though address to the site owners, it’s fair to guess it […]
A Digger’s Words
I was a few years old when my family moved to Kangaroo Island as soldiers settlers, first to the Parndana “Camp” for two years before […]
The Leader of the Opposition says …
When Julia Gillard was Prime Minister, after every government announcement, action, or inaction the first line of most mainstream media articles on the subject – […]
A walk in the forest
Bayerischer Wald can be just as hard to get to than it is to pronounce. For we folk who are only fluent in English there […]
No time to rest… here comes another one
Another orbit of the sun is almost complete. And it’s an event we humans welcome with much fanfare. The new year, we religiously promise ourselves, […]
‘Tis the season to be …
I don’t know how to finish the sentence. Perhaps these will fit; ‘Tis the season to be exhausted. Yes, that might work. We’re all exhausted […]
Two men found dead on the Moon
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission – the last time humans walked on the Moon – I am reminded of […]