New Matilda

My Journey Through The Social Media Swamp: Dr David Shearman

Recently, New Matilda announced it had suspended use of its Facebook and Twitter accounts, on the basis of the harm social media was causing in…More

“The Airport Is Broken”: Andrew Tate’s Ireland Bid Rejected In The Most Irish Way Possible

“The Airport Is Broken”: Andrew Tate’s Ireland Bid Rejected In The Most Irish Way Possible

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Special Investigations View all

Greens NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham Accused Of Grabbing Staffer On The Vagina

In 2011, after a night of drinking, it’s alleged that MP Jeremy Buckingham walked up…More

Indigenous affairs

A Question For Anthony Mundine: Am I Not Your People?

BEHIND BARS: The Inside Story Of Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities

Apartheid State: Compensation For Sexual Abuse Victims, Betrayal For Stolen Generations

Kite Flying With Flags: Luke Foley Gives With One Hand, Middle Fingers With The Other

Killing Country (Part 5): Native Title Colonialism, Racism And Mining For Manufactured Consent

Invasion Day Is More Than Just A Day On The Calendar

Common Ground: Steven Oliver On Changing The Date Of Australia Day

SAD Mark Latham Predicts Free Sausages For All In Stunning Save Australia Day Ad

Sol Bellear AM To Be Laid To Rest Saturday At State Funeral In Redfern

Lessons From The Past, A Culture For The Future

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

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

Uluru ‘Statement From The Heart’ Lacks Real Teeth And Reality

Best Intentions: How We Slaughter The Aboriginal Race

The Debilitating Aftermath Of 10 Years Of NT Intervention

Australian Politics

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

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

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

Bad Climate: An Illustrated Guide To Kiribati’s Ongoing Fight For Survival

Earlier this year, Swiss cartoonist Felix Schaad accompanied Australian staff from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to Kiribati, to…More

Environment

Criminal Neglect: Our Climate Of Denial In A State Of Emergency

Meet The Climate Generation, Ready And Waiting For A New Green Deal

Massive Darling River Fish Kill Caused By Mismanagement, Not Drought Claims Report

Is Coal Seam Gas Contaminating The Meat You Eat?

A Light Bulb Moment In The War On Straws And Coffee Cups

Burning Down The House: Fighting Climate Action From The Centre Will Leave Us In Ashes

Strike One: It’s Time To Heat Things Up A Little On Climate Change Action

Cheap Power: A Whole Lot Of Energy For A Whole Lot Of Nothing

Big Coal And Friends On Track To Shut Down Your Climate Activism

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)

Civil Society View all

Barry Humphries, Old-Timers And The New Puritanism

Inspired by Friday’s celebration of the life of Australian comic genius Barry Humphries at the Sydney Opera House, Alex Vickery-Howe…More

Media & Culture

We Waded Through The Comments On Sunrise’s National Anthem Poll (and Corrected Them) So You Didn’t Have ‘Too’

Beware! Children Wearing Elmo Backpacks Want To Kill The Prime Minister!

Where Is Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day? And What’s Torture Got To Do With It?

Think You’re Being Abused By A Sexist Troll? It Could Be A Bot

Facebook Now Charging To Distribute ‘Fake News’ Ad Scams

Petition Calling For Intervention Into Assange Extradition Passes 100,000 Signatures

The People (With Power) Versus Julian Assange

John Pilger: The Assange Arrest Is A Warning From History

Geoffrey Rush Versus Eryn Jean Norvill; Judge Versus Jury

Neo-Nazis Are Not Bogans. They’re Not Even Close And The Difference Is Important

The Psychology Of Getting Julian Assange, Part 5: War Propaganda 101

Tony Abbott Left The Comments Open On His First Ever Facebook Ad. You Can Guess The Outcome.

Asylum Seekers View all

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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

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The Mental Trauma We’re Inflicting On Asylum Seekers Is Entirely Preventable

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has a major fundraising effort coming up. Dr Samantha Ratnam…More

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International Women’s Day: Something To Celebrate, Unless You’re In Immigration Detention

Another International Women’s Day has rolled around. There will be breakfasts and gatherings as women…More

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Peter Dutton Confirms It: The US Refugee Deal Is Founded On Prejudice

It’s not often you get to say this but the Minister for Immigration did a…More

Business & Consumerism View all

All Hail The Progressive Parrots

Is neoliberalism in its death throes? Dr Richard Hil thinks so, based in part on the level of squawking from…More

Education View all

Federal Labor MPs Lobby Sydney University To Drop CPACS Changes

Pressure is mounting on the University of Sydney to back away from planned changes to its Centre for Peace and…More

Workers' Rights View all

Cleaning Up (Part 2): ‘Malevolent Or Stupid’ Minister Adopts Abandoned Vic Scheme That Fleeced School Cleaners

In the second story in a two part series, Michael Brull investigates a NSW Government move that will virtually guarantee…More