Adios To Voluntary Student Unionism
The Howard government’s abolition of compulsory up-front student union fees bill, otherwise known as Voluntary…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.
The Leonora Waiting Game
This is the second of a two part series on life in Leonora. Read the…More
Howard-Era Family Violence Laws To Go
A recent report by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has endorsed proposed amendments…More
Gas Drillers Look To Foreign Investors
Last month Dart Energy Ltd, the company spearheading coal seam gas drilling in NSW, announced…More
Do We Still Love A Bad Boy?
As the Labor Party faces leadership speculation and one political crisis after another, the remains…More
We're All Squirming And Suffering Together
Tony Abbott appeared in front of the press this morning to offer his own bizarre…More
West Papua Faces Security Crackdown
Forty-eight years after Indonesia took over administration of West Papua from the United Nations Temporary…More
Labor MPs Fail The Consultation Test
Almost a year ago, Greens MP Adam Bandt called "on all parliamentarians to gauge their…More
Wikileaks Goes Rogue
It’s been described as the information equivalent of a "nuclear meltdown". For better or for…More
NSW Rubber Stamps Gas Drilling
The NSW Department of Primary Industries was "uncertain" about environmental impacts of coal seam gas…More