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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.
Island Storms
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting has never had so much of Australia’s attention. We…More
A Question of Balance
The 17 October report by the UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste will be…More
Bombing Season
Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono does not have an easy job. John Howard has said…More
Figures Don't Lie
As the Iraq war drags on, and Britain and Australia wait for more unconvincing talking…More
Assad's Offer
It had been hoped that a new push for peace in the Middle East could…More
The Suez Crisis (Part 1)
Among self-destructive Western follies of the last century, the 1956 Suez War whose 50th…More
Torque the Torque
‘I saw this movie the other day,’ says Jay, a twentysomething IT worker, to his…More
It's Time for a Muslim Reformation
Nearly everyone in the UK agrees that the niqab (full Islamic veil) sucks from Salman…More
Why Do Some Muslim Women 'Choose' to Wear the Niqab?
Every parent eventually learns that there is no surer way to add glamour to a…More