March of the Vigilantes
There is a huge, Benazir-shaped hole at the centre of today’s national assembly elections in…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.
Cardboard Comedians and Fast Food Fare
"My plumber doesn’t charge me every time I flush the toilet." Lew Wasserman The writers’…More
Pleasing the Party Room
So many armchair activists have been frothing at the mouth about Brendan Nelson’s very sorry…More
Reinado to Gusmao: You Created Me
Tonight on Al Jazeera’s 101 East Program, a spokesperson for the East Timorese Prime Minister,…More
Andrew Bolt, Please Forgive Us
The Herald Sun’s esteemed opinion columnist, Andrew Bolt, is upset. Very, very upset. Prime Minister…More
The Sins of the Fathers
On the day after so many Australians said they were sorry, I wrote to the…More
An Ersatz Conservative
"John McCain has a lot of work to do to get the Republican Party solidly…More
Injunction This!
First be advised: the legal understanding of this reporter is mired in indifference and characterised…More
It's the Electoral System, Stupid
What a difference a week makes. If the US primaries had ended on Super Tuesday,…More
We Cannot Imagine That We will Fail
"Each generation lives in ignorance of the consequences of its actions," Brendan Nelson said in…More