Coal Is Killing India's Poor
Is it immoral to argue against selling Australian coal to India? According to this article…More
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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.
Uni Efficiency Cuts Are On Trend
Last week’s Budget treatment of the higher education sector provoked stern rebuke from the august…More
No Advantage And No Courage
Media reports this week have repeated the already well-known fact that asylum seekers arriving by…More
We're Too Polite to be Racist
It’s been a busy week for discussions of racism. Delta Goodrem re-tweeted a photo of…More
Funding Appeals Is In The Public Interest
Over recent months there has been much publicity about the new statutory right of appeal…More
What Is Abbott Really Up To?
Here's a question: Why was Tony Abbott’s Budget reply so full of basic economic errors?…More
Abbott Will Cut Deeper Than The ALP
Well, Tony Abbott blew it in his Budget reply. Any notion that his version of…More
Victim Of A 'Terrible Conspiracy'
At the end of a four month trial in 1991, Justice Jane Matthews said that…More
So Where The Bloody Hell Aren't You?
What does "excising the mainland from the migration zone" actually mean? Whatever it means, it…More
Chin Up, Swanny. It's Not All Bad!
1. Only seven of the 34 OECD countries (wealthy, developed democracies) have triple A credit…More