It's not just money families need
It is a week after an election that was strongly focussed on securing the ‘family…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.
don't panic
Not since the red scare of the 1950s has a party that did so badly…More
Betraying our basic values
In the lead-up to the recent Federal election, I toyed with the idea of leaving…More
Cartoon journalism
In the election post mortems the media’s role as a participant in the process has…More
Facing the fact
In this week’s New York Review of Books Joan Didion brilliantly defines the New Normal…More
Appealing to self-interest
The long term national interest was not on the agenda of either party during the…More
Phone spam and other campaign tactics
‘Hello, this is John Howard. I’ve taken the unusual step of contacting you with this…More
Of PETA the sheep and pixels
For all I know you can probably get an electronic device that plugs into the…More
Walking both sides of the street
ABC chairman Donald McDonald deeply resents the backhander he received from Labor leader Mark Latham…More
Ramona Koval interviews Greg Dyke
Ramona Koval’s recent interview with Greg Dyke, former director-general of the BBC, raises many issues…More