Granting Australian Citizenship
You can read Andrew Robb’s Citizenship Testing Discussion Paper, and respond via a ‘Community Consultation…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.
Off the Beaten Track
History, according to our Prime Minister is a clear chronological sequence of ‘key’ events, a…More
Wise Statesman or Riverboat Gambler?
The foreign editor of The Australian, Greg Sheridan, predicts that George W Bush will ultimately…More
Whose Education Is It Anyway? Part 2
Last week, I ended my first piece in this series by asking, ‘ But if…More
Doing Well by Doing Good
It is a morning in late January, and a group of lawyers are gathered in…More
a starguide for skeptics and cynics
Virgo A friend recently went to an alternative therapist who specialised in tuning. With a…More
A Letter to Australians
We are writing from Ernabella (Pukatja Community), our home on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands…More
Ground Zero (Plus Five)
Distant and dead resuscitate. They show as the dial or move as the hands of…More
Clearing Salman's Name
Tabloid cynics say that although not all Muslims are terrorists, most terrorists are Muslims. But…More
Who Are the Terrorists?
During the recent war in Lebanon, Israel used US-made cluster bombs. These weapons are deliberately…More