Labor Poised To Go 'Down The Rabbit Hole' On More Immigration Detention Cruelty
As the first day of Labor’s 2015 national conference winds down, the party’s position on…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.
We're All In This Together: How Labor Came To The Choppergate Party
Joe Hockey once described Australia as a nation of “lifters not leaners”. Oh how I’d…More
We Need To Move Beyond Rhetoric To Regional Solutions For Refugees
In Australian politics, improving life for refugees in the Asia-Pacific region only seems to get…More
Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself. And maybe ISIS. And Terrorism. And Muslims. And Everything
Last week, Buzzfeed ran a story on a poll by the Pew Research Centre, with…More
Head Of Alice Springs Paramilitary Group Gary Hall Says Aboriginal People 'Stuck In The 1700s'
The man behind an infamous Alice Springs vigilante group has hit international headlines, describing Aboriginal…More
Whitehaven Coal's 'Ghost Greenie' Scandal Comes Back To Haunt Them
Almost a year after Whitehaven Coal was exposed for having a ‘phantom environmentalist’ on a…More
That's A Lot Of Lung Cancer: Sea Shepherd Clean-Up Removes 6,000 Cigarette Butts
Nearly 12,000 pieces of marine debris – including more than 6,000 cigarette butts – has…More
Who's Right: The NRA Or 85 Per Cent Of Australians?
Australia’s tight gun ownership laws remain overwhelmingly popular, with a new poll finding close to…More
Dutch Climate Litigation Rockstar To Speak In Brisbane, Sydney And Melbourne
The Director of the Urgenda Foundation, which recently mounted a successful legal push against the…More
Liberal To Host 'Carnival Of Coal' To Make 'Eco-Lunatics Lose Their Minds'
The New South Wales government's Whip in the Legislative Council really loves coal, and he’s…More