Ben Eltham, Author at New Matilda

Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

The Rivers Of Gold Are Drying Up

While most politically minded Australians were tuning in to the US election telecasts, Treasurer Wayne…More

Is the Rudd Government’s decision to continue the Northern Territory Emergency Response the worst example…More

"Auctions fall despite grant boost" read the banner headline of The Sunday Age. "Melbourne’s property…More

You can gauge the kind of month it has been on the world’s financial markets…More

At the beginning of this week I rated the Reserve Bank of Australia, under its…More

Before Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister, he promised a rather interesting thing: "evidence-based policy". This…More

In another fateful day in what have become dramatic times, the US Congress rejected the…More

The US financial crisis rolls on. On Wednesday night, President George W. Bush gave a…More

"I’m standing outside Lehman Brothers headquarters on 7th Avenue and 50th Street in New York…More

You would have to be living under a rock to have missed the Peter Costello…More