Measuring Up to the OECD
Australian education stands up well in some important international comparisons. In Organisation for Economic Co-operation…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.
Eat the Bustard!
Millions of Americans are gathering for their annual Thanksgiving celebrations, a holiday linked by somewhat…More
The Sunburnt Country
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of rugged mountain ranges, Of…More
What Bombs?
As you wait in the final airport lounge in Denpasar for the final boarding pass…More
Adelaide Proper
The main prerequisite for writing about Adelaide is to live in Sydney. Sydney academic Adrian…More
Land of the Flip-Flop
What’s been happening to conservative politics over the past few weeks? Is this Topsy-Turvy World…More
It's Downhill for the Neo-Cons
A week after the US Democrats’ sweeping victory in the mid-term Congressional elections, I would…More
Robert Gates-Gate
As the occupation of Iraq chews up more American troops, President George W Bush has…More
People-Powered Victory
With a Democratic Party victory of this historic size, many will claim success, and that’s…More
What Other Voices?
It must have seemed like a journalist’s dream interview. Six newspaper reporters were invited to…More