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The Rise Of Hot Takes In A Changing Media Landscape

Or ‘how the hot take contest poisons the information marketplace’. By Joshua Dabelstein.More

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‘Artificial Intelligence’ And The Serene Beauty Of… Blowing A Duck’s Head Off

‘Artificial Intelligence’ And The Serene Beauty Of… Blowing A Duck’s Head Off

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Special Investigations View all

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

The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In…More

Indigenous affairs

Why Ridiculously Stupid White Man David Leyonhjelm Will Lose His 18c Racial Discrimination Case

Key Notification Service Not Used For Aboriginal Woman Who Died In Custody

Without A Model Backed By Aboriginal Communities, What Are We Actually ‘Recognising’?

The Other Problem With The Census: The People It Doesn’t Count

Your Success Is Not Your Fault: How We Blame The Kids For Don Dale

Two Years After Ms Dhu’s Death, Family Calls For Footage Release And Charges

‘They Need To Destroy It’: US Experts On Don Dale And Youth Detention

Amy McQuire On Don Dale: 200 Years Of Trauma Through A CCTV Lens

If Turnbull Listened, Brian Martin Would Never Have Been Made Commissioner

Servant Or Slave: Stunning New Documentary Exposes Australia’s Stolen Wages History

Don Dale Style ‘Restraint Chairs’ Are Also Used On People With A Disability

NT Government Suing Abused Boys For Damage Caused During Escape Attempt, Reports ABC

Black Fury: Royal Commission Compromised From The Start, Say Peak NT Aboriginal Bodies

NT Juvenile Detention Abuse Royal Commissioner Needs No Introduction To Black Territorians

NT Youth Detention Royal Commission Will Probe Racism ‘If Raised In Evidence’

Australian Politics

Holy By-Election Batman: Labor, Greens Square Off In A High Stakes Race

Democracy Is The Biggest Victim In Turnbull’s War On Charities

Major Change To South Australian Electoral System Hidden From Voters

Bill Shorten Waffles About Adani Because Labor Is In The Pocket Of Big Coal

Jim Molan, Address The Allegations About Your Time In Iraq

Punters And Politicians Have Begun Hedging Their Bets On ‘Glad The Impaler’

Barna-be Careful What You Wish For, Australia

LGBTIQ Community Takes Aim At New Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack

Barnaby Joyce Was Fair Game, But There Still Needs To Be A Privacy Line We Don’t Cross

Barnaby Joyce: The Very Model Of A Modern Major Scandal

Barnaby’s Problems Were Personal. Now He’s A Problem For The Government.

Banking With A Silent ‘W’: How To Neuter A Royal Commission

Michelle Landry: Politician, Dinosaur, But Still Hip To The Groove Of The Youth Of Today

The Complete List: A Bit More Meat For Your NM Dirty 30 Sandwich

One Rule To Save Them All: The Religious Right To Hire And Fire

International Affairs View all

Destruction Without Death: China’s Modern Day Genocide

You don’t have to commit mass killings to perpetrate a genocide, and the Chinese government’s oppression of Uighur Muslims meets…More

Environment

Why Getting Your Hands Dirty Could Improve Your Mental Health

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Ending The Culture Of Waste

Old Liberal Thinking Betrays Australia’s Seniors

Global Meltdown? Nuclear Power’s Annus Horribilis

Betting The Farm (And The Planet) On Alan Finkel’s Big Battery Adventure

The Finkel Report: Back To The Future And The 1960s

Solar Technology And The Sands Of Time

Finkeling At The Edges: Australia Misses Another Opportunity To Fix Our Energy Policy Chaos

Trump Sinks, So Women Must Lead The Fight To Tackle Climate Change

Funding Climate Destruction And Human Rights Abuses: Efic Australia Abroad

You Might Think You’ve Never Heard Of The Wallarah 2 Coal Mine, But You Have

Jay And Malcolm’s Big Swinging Battery Face Off

Fracking’s Frontier Politics: The Northern Territory At An Energy Crossroads

Temps Rising: Greens Plan To Ban Coal Within 10 Years Amid Record Heat Wave

Why Australia’s Chief Scientist Should Resign

Civil Society View all

Left Jab: From Heaven To Hell, In The Shadow Of A Covid Vaccine (Part 1)

In September 2021, New Matilda editor Chris Graham went from surfing almost every day to being air-lifted from a Queensland…More

Media & Culture

Brave New World: #NappyConsent Woman Deanne Carson On What She Meant, And Why She So Passionately Believes It

Prosecutors Seek Complete Ban On Media Reporting Of Cardinal George Pell Trial

Deanne Carson Has Pink Hair. How Dare She Advocate For Consent!

Pyrrhic Victory: Judge Rules For Channel 7 But Sympathises With Amber Harrison

Helen Razer On #MAYhem, And Loving New Matilda

Rushing To Judgement: The Daily Telegraph Versus Geoffrey Rush, Explained

Day 4, BluesFest 2018: Attention Seeking Versus Seeking Attention

Cambridge Analytica Part 2: The Lessons We Need To Learn About Social Media And Propaganda

Day 3, BluesFest 2018: My Horse Is Eventually Going To Die, So I’m Keeping Things Upbeat Around Cowboys

Day 2, BluesFest 2018: Waiting For Lauryn, And The Loo – The Ins And Outs Of Festival Life

Day 1, BluesFest 2018: I Got The Blues From The Monkey In The Music Room:

Cambridge Analytica Part 1: They ‘Got Trump Elected’, We Should Worry About What Else They’ve Done

Asylum Seekers View all

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Australia Tortures Asylum Seekers: The Gut-Wrenching Details Of Amnesty’s Nauru Report

Michael Brull reviews a report by Amnesty International released today, which chronicles the deliberate cruelty…More

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Immigration Deception And Cruelty: Young Women Challenge the System

NSW Parliament – nicknamed the bear-pit – took on an unaccustomed healing role recently. Professor…More

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Saving The World, One Life At A Time

Social media may have changed the world, but it’s also made campaigning to make at…More

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For Lovers Of Irony: Kevin Rudd Missed Out On Top UN Post To A Former High Commissioner For Refugees

The man set to take the top job at the United Nations has been one…More

Business & Consumerism View all

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

Staff Banned From Wearing University Branded Clothes While Handing Out Political Flyers

The Tertiary Education Union says a major university is threatening freedom of political expression. Max Chalmers reports. The Australian Catholic University (ACU)…More

Workers' Rights View all

The Real Thugs In The Construction Industry: Rethinking Turnbull’s Propaganda

The Turnbull government’s campaign to discredit unions and prop up big business ignores the reality of who the real bullies…More