Labor MP Calls For Witness Of Reza Barati Murder To Be Brought To Australia
The case of Behnam Satah continues to attract attention in Australia with over 18,000 people…More
Author: Max Chalmers
Max Chalmers
Max Chalmers is a former New Matilda journalist and editorial staff member. His main areas of interest are asylum seekers, higher education and politics.
Protesters Belay From Yarra Bend Bridge To Unfurl #LetThemStay Banner
Two protesters who were suspended from the Yarra Bend bridge east of the Melbourne CBD have…More
Seven Times Greg Hunt Proved He Really Was The Best Minister In The World
Australia’s Minister for the Environment has been handed a prestigious award. Think he didn’t deserve…More
Aboriginal Life Expectancy Gap To Be Closed ‘In 495 Years’, Says Report
On the eve of the PM’s Closing the Gap progress update the Castan Centre has…More
Immigration Department’s Own Top Doctor Acknowledges Detention Harms Children
In a Senate Estimates hearing today the Department threw a hissy fit about media coverage,…More
Kids In Aus Detention: Standard ‘At Risk’ Test Results Worse Than Any In Recorded History
A standard global test for child development has delivered an incredible result. The children Australia…More
Your Child, Our Prison Island: Bill Shorten Is Here To Save The (Non-Refugee) Children
As New Matilda national affairs correspondent Ben Eltham noted yesterday, Labor has a rather impressive…More
New Laws Could See People Sent Back To Places Of ‘Mass Rights Violations’, Parliament Warned
Fresh efforts by the Coalition to dilute human rights protections in Australia’s migration laws will…More
Greens Deny Split Over Constitutional Recognition
The party says it has always placed strong support among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…More
January 26: Australia All Alone With A National Day That Celebrates Dispossession
As the debate around the appropriateness of January 26 as our ‘national day of celebration’…More