New Matilda

One Nation's Malcolm Roberts delivers his maiden speech to parliament in 2016.

0 Michael Bradley

PLEASE EXPLAINER: Malcolm Roberts, Scientist, Senator And British Self-Deceiver

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts was a British citizen when he was elected to Australian Parliament. So says the High Court. Managing Partner of Marque Lawyers,…More

0 Alister McKeich
International Permanent People’s Tribunal Rules Rohingya Crisis as ‘Genocide’
0 Catherine McGauran
Killing Ground: An Aussie Horror Film That May Scare Us Into Breaking The Silence

Melbourne ABC Radio Jock Jon Faine Drops The ‘N-Word’ On Air

New Matilda - September 25, 2017

Melbourne ABC Radio Jock Jon Faine Drops The ‘N-Word’ On Air

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Aboriginal Affairs View all

(IMAGE: Chris Graham, New Matilda).

0 Cathryn Youings

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The ‘Coloniser In The Room’

Australia’s past treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is directly relevant to our…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

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

FALSE BALANCE: ABC Directed Journalist To Target Labor NBN Plan For “Insurance” Against Coalition Attacks

Australian Politics

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

Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself… And Maybe A Little Fear-Mongering

BREAKING NEWS: Larissa Waters Second Greens Senator To Resign Over Dual Citizenship Bungles

BREAKING NEWS: Greens’ Scott Ludlam Resigns After Dual Citizenship Revealed

Tony Abbott Is Back Doing What He Does Best… Wrecking

Environment View all

Liddell Power Station (right) and the nearby Bayswater Power Station in the background. (IMAGE: Pete The Poet, Flickr)

0 Geoff Russell

Move To The Rear Of The Power Station, Drink From The Renewable Kool-Aid

In the debate over keeping the Liddle Power Station open, the numbers just don’t add up. But probably not the…More

International Affairs

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

Computer Simulation Of A North Korean Nuclear Attack On Canberra: Want The Good News Or The Bad?

BDS Co-Founder Omar Barghouti: Australia ‘Anti-Democratic’ For Palestine Activists

A Q&A With Omar Barghouti, Founder Of BDS

Change Is Still Coming To The ALP: NSW Votes To Recognise Palestine

On The Beach 2017: John Pilger On The Coming War

Civil Society View all

A screencap from The Project airing of the interview between Waleed Aly and Hèritier Lumumba in September 2017.

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Hèritier Lumumba On White Fragility, White Supremacy, And Waleed Aly

Hèritier Lumumba – the man at the centre of the AFL’s never-ending racism scandal – speaks out about his fight…More

Media & Culture

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

Getting Julian Assange: The Untold Story

New Matilda Threatened By Four Law Firms Over Asbestos Investigation

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

(IMAGE: Mark Bonica, Flickr)

Common Sense 101: Some Really Simple Solutions To The Housing Affordability Crisis

Ian McAuley has written two articles on the problem of housing affordability and the related risk faced by those who…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