Swallowing Kiwis
We’ve always regarded our cousins across the Tasman as ever-so-polite. Behind all that Haka bravado…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.
Why Is Hezbollah TV Broadcasting Sunday Mass?
Early Sunday morning in downtown Beirut a truck laden with yellow Hezbollah flags drives past…More
That Old 'Saigon Feeling'
The news that former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld realised that the Iraq War was…More
Revenge of the Shoppers
British capitalism is a strange beast. It’s simultaneously at the cutting edge, and yet hidebound…More
Social Contract or Paternalism?
With the exception of the ever-vigilant politics bureau at The Guardian, it passed largely unnoticed,…More
Australia's Stonehenge
Most people know the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia if they know it at all…More
Who the Bloody Hell Are We?
Oh Lara Bingle: bikini model of a few choice words, yet so quintessentially Australian. How…More
A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Sagittarius Twenty-seven whales stranded themselves on a beach in Strahan, of which perhaps three survived.…More
Part-Time Pollies
If you look behind the scandals alleged and actual that have afflicted Australia Governments coast…More
Steve's Hot, Ted's Not
Now that the election post-mortems are in, it might be a good idea to look…More