Take Me Out the Back and Shoot Me
Death by nursing home. That’s how one letter writer to The Age described the alternative…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 Developer Cash In Clover's Campaign
The independent NSW MP and Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore appeared before the state’s…More
Maternity Leave Will Root Australia
Having last week examined the issue of aged pensioners, today we continue our series on…More
Recycling Pakistan
In February 2008, the Brookings Institution of Washington, DC, hosted an exercise in moral abstraction…More
Getting To Know You
Australia is one of just two developed countries that doesn’t have a national system of…More
Smell the Cheese?
On returning to my flat yesterday I was greeted with a personal letter from Citibank…More
The Tragedy of Costello's New Job
Last Monday it was announced that former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello had accepted an appointment…More
Final Heat of the Cartoon Competition
…. is Andrew Weldon for his cartoon: "The UN Cafe". Congratulations to Andrew. He has…More
Besieged From the Inside?
In mid-September, during the dying days of his leadership, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert boldly…More
Brave New Energy
At the same time that the US Congress is approving the US$700 billion (AU$840 billion)…More