Scrutinise This
Labor candidate and former Secretary of the ACTU, Greg Combet.’Scrutiny’ is the buzzword of 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.
Conservative Correctness
Thanks to Sharyn Raggett. Remember ‘political correctness’? In 1996, the Howard Government came to power…More
Aboriginal Rangers Lose Funding
The federal government-funded CDEP program offers Aboriginal welfare-recipients in remote communities an opportunity to be…More
The Forgotten War
Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Rupert Murdoch strongly supported the Coalition of the Willing…More
John, meet Stanley
Stanley BruceOnce upon a time, in a country far, far away from his spiritual home…More
It's Not Kosovo
Agnes Maurin has a simple explanation for the dire lack of coverage of the Australian…More
Escape from Nambour
Road to Nambour.When you’re growing up in a small town You say, no one famous…More
View from Indonesia
It would be nice to imagine that the Indonesian media pays as much attention to…More
The Religious Left Strikes Back
Image thanks to Sharyn Raggett.The signs were everywhere. Rapturous applause for Peter Costello at a…More
Is Democracy Making Us Stupid?
Elizabeth Farrelly’s Blubberland (UNSW Press, 2007). Democracy, despite having generated the most fertile cultures of…More