Ben Eltham, Author at New Matilda

Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

Turning The Lights On The Energy Industry

We've had two big projects underway at New Matilda in September: our annual fundraising drive…More

This is part two of Ben Eltham and Squirrel Main’s breakdown of the Australian energy…More

So, Cory Bernardi has walked the plank. Again. Corsairs are not renowned for their discipline,…More

The word "energy" has many meanings. In a technical sense, it means the capacity of…More

In the first article in New Matilda’s series on the future of Australian energy, Ben…More

Energy used to be boring. Big power plants burnt coal to create electricity, and big…More

It began with a tip-off to a Fairfax investigative journalist. It may end with the…More

The Greens keep getting written off by the mainstream media. Saturday’s results weren’t good news…More

Memo to Julia Gillard: an eight-year timeline is not a reform. It’s not even a…More

Well that didn’t last long. Only yesterday we were remarking that Labor had enjoyed a…More