climate policy
9 Feb 2010
Turnbull Takes Abbott To The Cleaners
The polls might be smiling on Abbott, but they've shocked the Government back into form - and Turnbull is doing his bit in savaging the Coalition's climate strategy, writes Ben Eltham
Gays In The Military
9 Feb 2010
Our Gay Soldiers Are Just Fine
Last month, Obama announced he will end the ban on gays in the military, but in Australia, openly gay and lesbian recruits have been serving since 1992, writes Adrian Phoon
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
The Great Poster Giveaway Continues
From Shanghai to Shreveport, newmatilda.com's posters are making their mark. Get yours today!
- Recent Stories
- What's Hot
- Daily Cartoon
Recent Stories
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
What’s Hot
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Tony Abbott wonders if immigrants really appreciate the 'great prize' of Australian citizenship. If this is all he gets, Ben Pobjie feels jibbed
-
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
-
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
