it's more common than you think
Being near power, we all know, is an aphrodisiac. When John Howard parades the streets…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.
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US A young person attempts to define the meaning of progressivism today. Andrew Garib, Campus…More
This week
Every political leader within reach of a microphone found something to say about the London…More
From newmatilda.com's Sydney office
The first in an occasional series from New Matilda staff This month’s Vanity Fair (the…More
Identity cards are no prophylaxis
‘Identity cards’ have slithered back onto the political agenda. We are reconsidering them as both…More
Our media asleep at the wheel
The outrage of the London bombings has brought out the worst in Australia's parochial media…More
Subhuman filth and other animals
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) runs in my family. I have a cousin who is obsessive…More
The High Moral Ground
There’s an automatic assumption that whenever the West is attacked, or involved in a war,…More
Terror in the therapist's chair
Terrorism is all too real in its deathly intent. It is not a furphy, a…More