A Threat to Rights
While the experience of Indigenous people in modern Australia offers many examples of the infringement…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.
Human Rights in a Global Era
We face serious challenges from terrorist movements. But the measures we employ to combat terrorism…More
Dim & DIMIA
I was an employee of the Department of Immigration (now DIMIA) for 12 years. It…More
Bring Back Saddam
Iraq is the victim of a contrived accident. Like a bicyclist run over by a…More
John Howard's School Days
Next week my twins sit for the HSC, the latest variation of the examination I…More
The Suspicious Society
I sometimes wonder what life was like for ordinary people in Hitler’s Germany or Stalin’s…More
Nobel for El Baradei
The award of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to the Director General of the International…More
ChilOut's Unfinished Business
As I listened to our beautiful 18-year-old ChilOut Ambassador, Nahid Karimi, speaking at the Sydney…More
Balibo 5
In October 1975, five Australian-based journalists were sent by TV Channels 7 and 9 to…More
Attention on Myanmar
Last month’s United Nations summit of world leaders did not achieve much, but it did…More