Author: Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham

Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.

The Ultimate Veto

It’s a busy Thursday afternoon in the office of the Xenophon and Co law firm,…More

It’s that time of the year again. No, I don’t mean tax time (although it…More

Those who subscribe to Winston Churchill’s dictum that "democracy is the worst form of government…More

Most university students of government and "political science", as it sometimes tries to call itself,…More

newmatilda.com readers outside of NSW may not have heard of Michael Costa, the hard-driving and…More

With the election finally moving into its ultimate week, the weekend papers took the opportunity…More

In 1991, Commissioner Elliott Johnston delivered the findings of his Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths…More