Ben Eltham, Author at New Matilda

Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

Coalition Costings Are A Laughable Charade

Well, aren't you glad the Coalition waited until two days before the election to release…More

It's taken until very late in the campaign, but the Coalition's climate policy fig leaf…More

What’s the biggest lie in an election chock full of big lies? It could be…More

Surprisingly, defence policy has emerged as an issue in this election campaign. Whether that leads…More

As election day looms, Labor’s grim reality looms ever starker. Despite the odds stacked against…More

A listless campaign finally delivered some engagement last night, at a town hall debate in…More

Amid the sound and fury of the parental leave debate, one aspect of the policy…More

Are the Greens “in trouble”, as the ABC News website confidently asserts today? That depends…More

The Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook was released today. Known as the PEFO, this is…More

Diggers and Dealers, the mining industry’s biggest conference was on in Kalgoorlie this week. The…More