Why Kill A Working Climate Policy?
It would be easy to chalk up 2013 as the year that Australia wrote-off climate…More
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New Matilda
Launched in 2004, New Matilda is one of Australia's oldest online independent publications. It's focus is on investigative journalism and analysis, with occasional smart arsery thrown in for reasons of sanity. New Matilda is owned and edited by Walkley Award and Human Rights Award winning journalist Chris Graham.
Free Assembly Is The Freedom We Need
The students are revolting ha ha, the students are revolting. In London and across the…More
You Can't Run A Nation On Tricks And Groupthink
Ben Eltham on Tuesday gave an assessment of Abbott’s first 100 days in office. I…More
Brandis' Hypocrisy On Human Rights
As you would expect of the new Attorney-General in a recently elected federal government, Senator…More
The Left Returns To Power In Chile
Last weekend Chile experienced a remarkable event. In a country with a poor record of…More
When Will The Walls And Wire Come Down?
Forty-five years ago, my parents moved into a house that had no front fence. In…More
China's Smog Has No Silver Lining
The climate change "debate" has been largely fought out between two distinct groups: those who…More
A Year Of New And Changing Audiences
One of my favourite moving images is the slow motion footage of a fridge exploding…More
We Got The PM We Voted For, Says Brown
The results of September’s election lifted the veil on Australian culture to reveal a mean,…More
Say Goodbye To The Great Barrier Reef
Environment Minister Greg Hunt's approval this week of several massive new extraction processes on the…More