New Matilda

Marking Time: Could More Wentworth Upsets Just Reinforce the Status Quo?

The risk of the result in the Wentworth by-election is that voters will be distracted from the real cause of their woes, and it’s not…More

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PODCAST: Kanye West, Jews In Wentworth, It’s OK To Be White, And Other Stuff That Happened

October 22, 2018

PODCAST: Kanye West, Jews In Wentworth, It’s OK To Be White, And Other Stuff That Happened

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Special Investigations View all

Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham Threatened To Sue Teenager For Calling Him A ‘Bully, Hypocrite’

Just over a year after publicly railing about politicians misusing defamation laws, Greens MP Jeremy…More

Aboriginal Affairs

So Much Like Home: From Palestine To Central Australia

Aboriginal Leaders Make Statements From The Heart. Liberal Leaders Make Statements From White Supremacy.

A Toxic Mix: Welfare Reform And The Mob In Remote Australia

A New Low: Channel 9 ‘Does A Sunrise’ On $30m Palm Island Uprising Payout

How To Trigger A Flood Of Right-Wing Troll Tears: Mention #changethedate

Yolŋu Leader Gives Prince Charles A Treaty Letter Stick… And A Diplomatic ‘Middle Finger’

Justice Reinvestment Key To Reducing Indigenous Incarceration: Tom Calma

How The Gap Widened, And How To ‘Refresh’ The Policy Approach For Remote Indigenous Australia

Made In Indonesia: ‘Aboriginal Art’ Company Lands In Federal Court Over Alleged Misleading Conduct

Writer, Actor Steven Oliver Heads New Anti-Suicide Campaign

BEHIND BARS PART 5: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities: The Need For Large-Scale Change

BEHIND BARS PART 4: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities: Overcrowding, No Medical Treatment, No Accessibility

BEHIND BARS PART 3: Australia’s shocking cruelty to Aboriginal people with disabilities: Solitary confinement

BEHIND BARS PART 2: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities; In Their Own Words

BEHIND BARS PART 1: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities

Australian Politics

Australia Was The Real Winner In The Wentworth By-election: Ben Eltham

Could Tony Abbot Be Next? GetUp! Polling Reveals Liberal Vote In Warringah Has Collapsed

‘I Call ‘Pigsh*t!: Helen Razer On The ‘Historic’ Wentworth Win

There Are Some Upsides To A Minority Government. Bob Katter Isn’t One Of Them

Liberals Lose Wentworth: We Now Have A Hung Federal Parliament

LIVE Wentworth By-Election Coverage: Huge Swing Against Liberals, ABC’s Green Calls It For Phelps

Greens Takedown Their Own MP Jeremy Buckingham Over Multiple Defamation Threats

Jews Of Wentworth Don’t Share A Single Brain Stem, Morrison Discovers The Hard Way

Australian Jews Condemn Morrison’s Plan To Move Our Embassy To Jerusalem

Blessed Be The Populists, For They Know Not What They Do

What On Earth Is The Point Of The Australian Labor Party?

Religion And Politics Don’t Mix. Someone Should Tell Our Prime Minister

Why The Trial Of ‘Witness K’ And Bernard Collaery Should Concern All Australians

Ella Buckland Responds To Greens’ Jeremy Buckingham Statement Over Sexual Violence Allegations

It Seems Not Everyone In Parliament Has Forgotten What ‘It’s All About’ – Di Natale Unleashes On Liberals

International Affairs View all

Scott Morrison’s Desperate New Low: An Australian Embassy In Jerusalem

What’s a Palestinian life worth in Australia? Not much, if Scott Morrison’s new low is anything to go by. Chris…More

Environment

Dear Wentworth Voters: Here’s 123 Things Our Leaders Did To ‘Confront’ Climate Change

Wentworth By-Election: Australia’s Climate Policy Paralysis Is Finally Becoming Electoral Poison

What’s In A Name: Landline Misses The Message On Meat Replacement Products

Green Finance Is Flowing, From Paris To The Pacific

Coal Will Rise Again, Claims Perplexingly Ambitious Australian Article

Flooded Valleys And Burning Forests: The Global Face Of Renewable Energy (Part III)

Flooded Valleys And Burning Forests, The Global Face Of Renewable Energy (Part II)

Engineering Firm’s Withdrawal From Adani Coal Project Should Be ‘Final Nail In The Coffin’, Says Greenpeace

Flooded Valleys And Burning Forests, The Global Face Of Renewable Energy (Part I)

Climate Change? What Climate Change: The 2018 Budget

April 2018 Australia’s Hottest On Record Courtesy Of “Exceptional Heat”

Earth Day: Why Corporates Can’t Save The Planet

Going Green: Watermelon Is Delicious, Desirable And An Embraceable State Of Being!

The Price Of Protest: Choosing Between Forests Or Freedom

The Left Doesn’t Own Green Values

Civil Society View all

A National Apology Must Commit To Ending ALL Abuse: Vic Children’s Commissioner

Later today, our Parliament will deliver a formal National Apology to the victims of child abuse perpetrated at the hands of Australian…More

Media & Culture

Here But By The Grace Of Murdoch Go All Of Us

Jirga: A Film About Reconciliation Every Australian Should See

The ABC Of A Never-Ending Culture War That Is Threatening A Vital Institution

Helen Razer On A Vital Account of Utmost Importance

My Application For The ABC Boss’ Job, While The Seat Is Still Warm

John Pilger: Hold The Front Page. The Reporters Are Missing

A Fair Trial Catch-22: The Problem With The Teacher’s Pet Podcast

The ABC Gave Bannon A Platform Because That’s How The Media Stopped Donald Trump

Helen Razer On The Price Of No Tomorrow For Tonightly… And It’s More Than 4 Cents A Day

Writer’s Block: The Way Is Closed, Because You’re Not Like Me

Future Of Media: Every Time You Share A Daily Mail Story, An Independent Journalist Somewhere Dies

‘Is Australia Racist?’ Today Show Trolls Everyone, Pleases No-One With World’s Dumbest Question

Asylum Seekers View all

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Dear Wentworth Voters: Here’s 93 Things Our Government Did To Refugees

Yesterday, we brought you a list of 123 things the Liberal Government did to ‘tackle’…More

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Royal Flush: Rain Soaks Drought Tour As Dubbo Cops Try To Shield Prince From Embarrassment Of Our Cruel Immigration Policies

He may be a direct descendant of the family that created the first wave of…More

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No Room At The Australian Inn For Gilead’s Handmaids

The promise of sanctuary offered to Gilead’s refugees on arrival across the border is a…More

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Australia’s Real South African Disgrace Has Nothing To Do With Cricket

Australia is good at sports, and double standards, writes Nicolle White. The fall out from…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Quarter Of A Century Without A Recession. Shame About The Housing Affordability

Modern Australia faces a heart-breaking paradox. We continued our world record growth streak in May – with 26 recession free…More

Education View all

PM Grants $4.6 Billion In Needs-Based Funding For Schools In Need Of Equestrian Centres

“Without this essential funding, how are we supposed to afford hyperbaric chambers for recovering kindergarten stars of Little Athletics?!” Liam…More

Workers' Rights View all

The ‘XXXX-ing’ Problem With Australia’s Industrial Relation Laws

Gutting the rights of Australian workers starts with undermining unions, and the right to collectively protest. And the recent experience…More