food
9 Feb 2010
Is There Life Beyond The Barbie?
Are we really what we eat? The perennial notion of a national dish may be a nonsense, but discussions of an Australian culinary identity reach far beyond the table, writes Tammi Jonas
Violence Against Foreign Students
9 Feb 2010
Eating Our Way To Racial Tolerance
An online campaign is urging people to show support for Indians in Australia by eating curry, but Mel Campbell isn't sure that's really getting to the heart of the matter
20 Questions
8 Feb 2010
A Dog Of An Interview
Widely adored cartoonist First Dog on the Moon is something of a mystery to his (probably) millions of devoted fans. So we tried to shed some light on the matter - and it kind of didn’t work
The Great Poster Giveaway Continues
From Shanghai to Shreveport, newmatilda.com's posters are making their mark. Get yours today!
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The Green Loans initiative looked good: it would reduce our emissions and build a whole new industry. But six months later and it's in danger of total collapse, writes Nick Perry
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It's been a tough week for Tony Abbott's new-look Opposition, what with Cyclone Barnaby, a set of rubbery carbon figures, and much criticism of their new climate policy, writes Ben Eltham
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There's been a lot of media coverage of our efforts to keep them away, but Australians have also helped asylum seekers to settle here. Fiona Rutkay meets some surrogate refugee mums
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Not many stories emerge from Burma but those that do suggest that this year's elections will be a sham to shore up the power of the military dictatorship, writes Nancy Hudson-Rodd
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Last week the case against the Gunns 20 was dropped. Will the failed case deter other corporations from taking protestors to court? Greg Ogle reviews a five-year-long corporate PR disaster
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In the months before the federal election, the positioning over big-picture issues like the economy and climate change will resolve into a contest over who can do 'small picture' better, writes Luke Walladge
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The Federal Government's new site comparing school test performances conceals a whole world of murky detail that you're not meant to understand, writes Jane Caro
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At the heart of the Coalition's long awaited climate change policy is a belief that polluting the atmosphere should be free of charge, writes Ben Eltham
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This week's landmark Federal Court judgement in favour of iiNet will have implications for internet users for years to come. This article from the NM archives explains the background to the case
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Tony Abbott wonders if immigrants really appreciate the 'great prize' of Australian citizenship. If this is all he gets, Ben Pobjie feels jibbed
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It might not win him an election, but Abbott's moralising about the sexuality of teenage girls is successfully pushing the centre of public debate to the right, writes Jeff Sparrow
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Now that an English aristocrat has shown our grateful climate scientists how to do their sums, Ben Pobjie wants to celebrate with a delicious slice of the Liberals' 'Magic Pudding' climate policy
