Trouble in the Highlands
A humanitarian crisis is emerging in the Punjak Jaya region of West Papua. Local human…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Palm Island Ignites
That Governments ensure that standing instructions to the officers of (police services) specify that each…More
A Dirty Word
Nothing gets the middle-class Left into more of a froth than the label elite. In…More
Is Don, Is Good
David Williamson’s Don’s Party is older than I am. First performed by the legendary Australian…More
Serious About Games
Imagine building a world where you can tackle a global health epidemic; or pulverise the…More
On the Sikh Trail
It was January 1996 and I was driving to Sydney from Queensland with four boofy…More
Chewin' the Gristle
Hello Gristlers! and welcome to Chewin’ the Gristle, the week’s political bits that we found…More
A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Capricorn Sometimes when you listen to an old, familiar record on a different stereo you…More
New Year Issue 2007
Welcome to New Matilda 123, our first issue for 2007 and the second of two…More
Ten of the Most Popular Magazine Articles for 2006
Howard’s Australia: Unfair Go by Julian Burnside — 26 April 2006 The Howard Government has…More