Ben Eltham, Author at New Matilda

Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

Hockey's Bluster Will Come Back To Haunt Him

You can say one thing about Joe Hockey’s early days as Treasurer: he has looked…More

Tony Abbott’s strategy of keeping a tight control on the Australian media is working, and…More

Cast your minds back to the previous parliament. After the dramatic betrayal of Kevin Rudd…More

It’s a measure of the insular nature of the political conversation in this country that…More

“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next,” said the renowned…More

Christopher Pyne is a critical player in the Abbott government. The Member for Sturt has…More

So much for a “no surprises government”. The first fortnight of the Abbott Government has…More

With Tony Abbott and the Coalition elected, all the focus on the 2013 election has…More

Tony Abbott will be the 28th Prime Minister of Australia. Around that simple, central fact…More

10.45pm: FINAL WRAP It was a night that saw a clear victory to the Coalition,…More