Ben Eltham, Author at New Matilda

Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

The Debate We Had To Have

For perhaps the first time since the late 1980s, Australia is engaging in a debate…More

Malcolm Turnbull is leaving the building. Today’s announcement that the former opposition leader and federal…More

All of a sudden, Tony Abbott and the Coalition find themselves on the back foot.…More

Public servants used to be seen but not heard. The old culture of government bureaucracy,…More

It’s Australia’s biggest ever gas deal. Worth some $60 billion, the deal between the UK’s…More

Style versus substance. Confrontation versus diplomacy. Plain talking versus grasp of detail. Yesterday’s healthcare debate…More

For weeks now, the big political story spun by much of our national media has…More

It’s time the Australian Government admitted that it simply can’t manage large defence acquisitions. Consider…More

On the internet, it has become increasingly hard to have a reasoned debate about the…More

All of a sudden, things are starting to get interesting in federal politics. After a…More