Philanthropy, Sponsorship, or Dinner? Part II
When it was founded in the early 1970s the Australia Council had a touching faith…More
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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.
Manne Overboard
I recently attended the Sydney launch of Robert Manne’s edited collection, Do Not Disturb (Black…More
Bush Fiddles, New Orleans Drowns
The scene was, for me, picture-perfect. It was shortly before midnight, in the bar of…More
Lessons from the Marble Bar
I feel very sorry for John Brogden. I have sparred with him once or twice…More
Epiphany on Canal Street
The order to evacuate New Orleans sounded as I departed New York for eastern Europe…More
Arrivederci Mao!
I have seen the future, and it involves a Chinaman in an air-conditioned crane. From…More
In Praise of the Long Lunch, Part 2
Australia is an English-speaking, rock and roll country ideally placed to build on its successful…More
Toughness and Respect
Internationally, we are slipping into a multiculturalism of co-existence as opposed to a multiculturalism of…More
Bullshit
We are living in an era of unprecedented bullshit production. Public discourse has become a…More
The Politics of Meanness
In France in the 1950s, there was a politician called Pierre Poujade. Poujade founded the…More