Opportunity Society
Hold onto this anecdote for a moment. On New Year’s Eve I went to the…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.
Slaughtered Sheep and Saints of the Street
How’s this for the perfect Christmas getaway? You fly into a Middle Eastern desert a…More
Will Labor's Love-in Last?
You wouldn’t know yesterday’s meeting in Melbourne of the nation’s top elected officials was the…More
With Strings Attached
The end of the Howard Government’s ‘Pacific Solution’ might be good news for asylum seekers…More
Australia the Go-Between
Forget acting on global warming for our children’s sake. Nobel laureate Al Gore brought home…More
Weather the Weather
If governments are to meet the demands of climate change, they will need more rather…More
Moving the Cronies Along
Mamdouh Habib is not everybody’s cup of tea. If you work in intelligence he’s the…More
You Only Get One Tampa
TS Eliot reckoned that April was the cruellest month. Well, he didn’t have to survive…More
Gerard Henderson and Muslims
Some months back, I examined Gerard Henderson’s rather selective approach to the involvement of churches…More
From Baby Bonus to Breathing Tax
It was greeted with shrill indignation by some, skepticism by others, and just plain disbelief…More