Bennelong Time
Five years ago, at a press conference just before the 2001 election, I felt game…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
No More Closets
It was one of those moments that occur in a busy family. We all just…More
Last Man Standing
Sy Hersh Sy Hersh is an ornery, cussed sort of guy, not one to suffer…More
The End of Justice
The US commander at Guantánamo Bay detainment camp, Colonel Mike Bumgarner, told ABC radio on…More
Shifting the Political Deadlock
Last Tuesday 25 April, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej made an extraordinarily blunt public statement on…More
Minamata 50 Years On
The discovery of alarming levels of cancer-causing dioxin among Sydney Harbour fishermen has rightly upset…More
The Business of War, Part 2
Last week in New Matilda, in my first piece on Australia and the Business of…More
After the Barricades
As France’s latest political crisis, the Clearstream Scandal, spirals out of control engulfing Prime Minister…More
The Dogs of Bucharest
It’s midnight and two dogs are digging up the grounds of the old Communist Party…More
Launch of the Human Rights Act Campaign in WA
On Tuesday, 18 April 2006, New Matilda’s Western Australian campaign for a national Bill of…More