New Matilda

Courtney Green, outside federal parliament.

0 Courtney Green

Who Runs The World? We Don’t, Yet…

Women in the workforce face more than just a gender pay gap. There’s also gross under-representation in the halls of power, writes Courtney Green. Beyoncè…More

0 Geoff Russell
Can Carmichael? No Brainer, But How 4 Corners Got There Is Wrong
0 Ben Eltham
Power Games: Tony Abbott Finally Cleans Up With Australia’s New Energy Policy

John Pilger On The Rise Of Britain’s ‘New Politics’

John Pilger - October 10, 2017

John Pilger On The Rise Of Britain’s ‘New Politics’

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Aboriginal Affairs View all

Aaron Pedersen, one of the stars of the new Aussie horror film Killing Ground.

0 Catherine McGauran

Killing Ground: An Aussie Horror Film That May Scare Us Into Breaking The Silence

Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes life imitates art. Catherine McGauran is hoping new Australian…More

Special Investigations

CANCER FOR CASH: Explosive Photo Exposes Big Tobacco’s African Money Drops

Robo-debt And Denial: The Protocols Of Centrelink

LETHAL LIES PART TWO: Unmasking The Men Behind The Global Spying Ring

New Matilda Threatened By Four Law Firms Over Asbestos Investigation

LETHAL LIES: How A Corporate Spy For A Kazakhstan Company Infiltrated The Global Anti-Asbestos Network

False Balance: Move Along, Nothing To See Here Says ABC Chief

Senator Calls For Inquiry Into Nick Ross Affair And ABC’s “Hit Piece” On Labor’s NBN

FALSE BALANCE: Labor Hunts Turnbull Over Secret Nick Ross Tapes And ABC’s ‘Pro-Coalition Bias’

FALSE BALANCE: The ABC in Glass Houses… With Secret Tape Recordings

FALSE BALANCE: Labor Demands Answers From ABC’s Mark Scott Over Nick Ross Secret Tape Revelations

FALSE BALANCE: Nick Ross, Bruce Belsham And The ABC: The Story So Far

FALSE BALANCE: The Ifs, Buts And Maybes Of The ABC Belsham-Ross Story

FALSE BALANCE: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil… The Debate The ABC Has To Have

FALSE BALANCE: The Full Transcript Of The Meeting Between Nick Ross And Bruce Belsham

FALSE BALANCE: ABC coverage of the NBN since September 2013

Australian Politics

Green Without (Class) Envy: Richard Di Natale’s Disappointingly Neoliberal Messaging

Adani’s Coal Mine Is A Symptom Of The Crisis In Australian Politics

End Of An Error: The Days Of Danby-ism Look Done

If You Think The Turnbull Government Is Populist, Then You Don’t Understand Populism

Please Explainer: A Brief Punter’s Guide To How Malcolm Roberts Tried To Renounce His British Citizenship

Is Tony Abbott Lying About Getting Head-butted For Marriage Equality?

Labor Are Socialists, And Other Ridiculous Theories From Desperate Liberals

Why George Brandis’ And Sarah Hanson-Young’s Responses To Pauline Hanson’s Burqa Stunt Were Awful

Confessions Of A Dual Citizen

Command And Control: Sylvia Hale Hits Back At Australian Greens’ Attack On NSW

Malcolm Turnbull’s Dies Horriblis: Another Day, Another Disaster

Richard, of the Overflow

Fear And Loathing In Canberra: Malcolm Turnbull Goes Postal On Marriage Equality

It’s The Inequality, Stupid

Renouncing My British Citizenship Wasn’t Simple, But Nor Was It Impossible Says Liberal Candidate

Environment View all

Australia's first Threatened Species Commissioner, Gregory Andrews.

0 Suzanne Milthorpe

It’s The Habitat Destruction, Stupid

The Federal Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner, Gregory Andrews, told ABC Radio last Friday that wide-scale destruction of habitat isn’t a…More

International Affairs

The Balfour Declaration Is Another Colonial Distortion of History

The Chequered Past Of The Nobel Peace Prize

A History Of Slaughter: The Rohingya, Aung San Suu Kyi And Australia’s Role In A Human Rights Betrayal

58 Cold Hard Facts From The Nation That Just Brought You Another 58 ‘Cold Dead Hands’

International Permanent People’s Tribunal Rules Rohingya Crisis as ‘Genocide’

John Pilger: The Killing Of History

Tomorrow The World Is Going To Try And Ban Nuclear Weapons. Australia Wants To Keep Them.

Donald Trump’s Afghanistan Raid: The Mask Of The US Empire Is Falling

Julie Bishop Is Passionate About Women’s Rights. Except Maybe Women From Africa.

Nuclear War Or Prohibition? Australia Can Choose

Out Of Africa: Labor, Libs Help Oz Miners ‘Save’ A Continent And Destroy The World

SYRIZA In Power: 940 Days, And Still No Democratic Structures In The Birthplace Of Democracy

The Art Of Self-Harm, By Donald J Trump

Being Nobody In The Real Detroit

Understanding The Violence In Charlottesville: American Bigotry in the Age of Trump

Civil Society View all

Rich-wealthy-billionaire

0 Dr Richard Hil

The Neoliberal Juggernaut Is Grinding To A Halt… Maybe

Naked capitalism has had its day. Or has it? Dr Richard Hil explores a history of greed and wealth creation…More

Media & Culture

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 7’s Lawyers Set Up A Fake GoFundMe Page In The Name Of ‘Amber Harrison’

Full Statement From Channel 7 In Relation To Amy Taeuber Dismissal

The Clayton’s Inquiry: The ‘Media Reform’ You Have When You’re Not Having Media Reform

Bad Policy For Big Media: Turnbull’s $60m Media Bailout Won’t Fix Journalism

Channel 7 Is Threatening To Sue New Matilda Because We Called Today Tonight “Trashy”

Comedian Peter Helliar’s Shots At Hèritier Lumumba ‘Cowardly, Dishonest’ Says Fellow Comic

For Dick’s Sake, Let’s Call Out The ABC’s Right-Wing Bias

The Benefit Of The Doubt: Try It Some Time, My Fellow Facebookers

Pauline Hanson Has Not ‘Surged’ In The Polls. The Daily Mail Is Just Making Stuff Up. Again.

Hunting Clicks: Some Uncomfortable Truths, While You Mourn The Dead In Barcelona

Liberal Tim Wilson Humiliated In What Could Be World’s Shortest Political Interview

Why Yassmin Abdel-Magied Had To Be Destroyed

Asylum Seekers View all

(IMAGE: Will Montague, Flickr)

Lexi Lachal
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What Happens On Manus Shouldn’t Stay On Manus

Australian Border Force’s culture of secrecy is harming more than just refugees. It’s also damaging…More

A tribute to asylum seeker Hamed Shamshiripour in Sydney, shortly after his death on Manus Island. after enduring 4 years of government sanctioned cruelty. (IMAGE: Mums 4 Refugees)

Alice Krupa
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How Our Nation Killed Hamed: A Former Manus Social Worker Speaks Out

Alice Krupa worked on Manus Island in 2015-2016. She met Hamed Shamshiripour, a man who…More

Vietnamese refugees flee after the fall of Saigon in 1975. This image was taken from the ship USS Midway, and is part of the Mike Baxter collection.

Fadak Alfayadh & Sajidah Shah
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Changing The Narrative And Rising Up Against The Refugee Industry

Holding government to account for its treatment of refugees is important. But so too is…More

(IMAGE: Marty Gabel, Flickr)

Stuart Rees
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A Symphony Of Life: Rescuing Refugees By Recovering Our Humanity

A global community indifferent to the plight of people fleeing war and famine needs to…More

Business & Consumerism View all

The Port Kembla Steelworks in Wollongong, NSW. (IMAGE: Steve, Flickr)

‘Free Energy’ Goes Begging At Illawarra’s BlueScope Steel

Cogeneration – the process of creating useful heat and electricity at the same time – is the obvious route to…More

Education View all

(IMAGE: Nicholas Hardeman, Flickr)

0 Dr Richard Hil

Rigour or Rigor Mortis? The Dumbing Down Of Debate And Intellectualism

Making language accessible is important, writes Dr Richard Hil. But what if we’re making it meaningless? I’ve recently returned from a conference…More

Workers' Rights View all

ACTU president Sally McManus, and inset former AFL star Hèritier Lumumba.

Union Heavyweight Sally McManus Backs Hèritier Lumumba In His Stand Against AFL Racism

The nation’s most prominent union official has weighed into the racism scandal that has engulfed the AFL, warning Australia’s richest…More