Why Obama Won
10. Great Team. Obama assembled a great team that could work together. He stayed away…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.
Al-Nakba is not the Holocaust
Today is a day that I and other Palestinians write about on an annual basis.…More
No Big Dives for this Little Swan
Did Wayne Swan make a reasonable fist of his first budget? Undoubtedly, yes. Is it…More
How Green is Your Budget?
I’d like Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan to spend today with a friend of mine,…More
Swan's Rules
Ever since the new Parliament first sat in February, media commentators have been buzzing about…More
Wayne and the Easy Cuts
Wayne Swan’s Robin Hood rhetoric has proved to be just that. Don’t believe the headlines…More
Viva La Evolution
Wayne Swan delivered Labor’s entire election platform in education and training last night, plus an…More
The Waiting Game
Wayne Swan’s first budget contains a big focus on "infrastructure": the transport, utilities and essential…More
Will Newspapers Be First Against The Wall?
I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to come to grips with the future. My…More
If You are Not Muslim in Iraq, You are Trash
"Mandaeans just don’t have anything left," said Layth as he lit another cigarette off the…More