This week
The plight of Cornelia Rau, a mentally ill woman who for six months had been…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
A Charter of Rights? Take the UK example for a start
If recent commentary is any guide, among New Matilda’s readers there seems to be a…More
Federal Labor – dealing with its economic mistakes
In 1992 there was a sign in Bill Clinton’s campaign office. It said ‘It’s the…More
cities in the age of default and revolt
The Perfect Storm? We cannot know the future with any certainty. But we can be…More
Abortion in the suburbs, a memoir
They will never go away. Once again male politicians, insulated from reality by wealth and…More
Weather events and other opportunities
Last Wednesday brought record breaking rain and winter temperatures to Melbourne. Next Wednesday brings into…More
A mess of unanswered questions
Six days into the Western Australian election campaign, Liberal leader Colin Barnett announced he had…More
The Greens – a comment
I applaud Rod Cameron’s analysis of the Federal election, especially his comments about the Greens…More
Improving constitutional awareness
In his Australia Day address last month the Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery, lamented the…More
Manufacturing ancient hatreds
‘Can the West, which takes its great invention, democracy, more seriously than the Word of…More