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The team from Marque Lawyers, celebrating their 10th birthday at Uluru.

Marque It In Your Calendar: Our Lawyers Just Turned 10!

By New Matilda on September 13, 2018 The Insider

One of the most oft-asked questions of New Matilda is ‘How have you stayed out of prison so long?’

Well, technically, we haven’t. NM editor Chris Graham did a brief stint in an Israeli jail last month (whole other story, feature series coming soon), but broadly speaking, New Matilda ‘gets away with what it gets away with’ thanks to the amazing work of a team of pretty special lawyers.

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Sparkke, the nation's most socially aware alcohol company, bought a pub!

Sparkke-ing Real Change in the Australian Pub Scene

By New Matilda on September 6, 2018 The Insider

The Sparkke Change Beverage Company* (Sparkke) is about to transform one small corner in the City of Churches.

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The Broken Heel Festival in Broken Hill takes the mining town by storm every year.

A Queen Break At Broken Heel Will Be Anything But A Drag

By Chris Graham on August 28, 2018 The Insider

If you search the phrase ‘Broken Heel’ in Google, it turns out that people also ask, “How long does it take for a broken heel to heal?” Plus “How do you fix a broken heel?”

Someone over at Google needs to update their search terms, because far from being something that needs ‘fixing’ or ‘healing’ Broken Heel needs embracing.

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Mayor of Palermo, Sicily, Leoluca Orlando with Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Italy and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr Mai Alkaila.

Freedom Flotilla Update: Sicilian Mayor Famous For Taking Down Mafia Renames Port In Honour Of Yasser Arafat

By Chris Graham on July 22, 2018 The Insider

The Mayor of Palermo, a town in Southern Italy, has this week renamed a section of the sea front in honour of famed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to mark the arrival of the Freedom Flotilla in Sicily, a global movement aimed at breaking Israel’s decade long naval blockade of the Palestinian sea port of Gaza.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition – which includes New Matilda editor Chris Graham, on board as a journalist covering the mission – arrived in Palermo on Monday July 16, to prepare for the final leg of a two month voyage across Europe, to Gaza.

Mayor Leoluca Orlando – famous for taking on the Sicilian mafia, and winning – made the announcement this week at a function at the Biblioteca comunale di Palermo, in the presence of Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Italy and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr Mai Alkaila.

Mayor Orlando said the international community’s silence on the oppression of Palestinians was a “time of terrible shame”.

“I’ve decided to dedicate the sea front of Palermo… to Yasser Arafat,” he said.

More than three-dozen Palestinian supporters from countries all over the world – including New Zealand, Malaysia, Canada, America, France, Germany, Italy Denmark and Sweden – will leave over the weekend to make the final voyage from Palermo to Gaza.

The journey is expected to take up to 10 days.

There are four boats participating – Al Awda, Freedom To Gaza, Falestine and Mairead. Three of them will attempt to break the naval blockade of Gaza in the next week, amid renewed violence in the region.

In eight years from 2008 through 2016, international activists have sailed 31 boats to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

Mayor Orlando formally invited the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to base itself in Palermo in future years to prepare for the final leg of the sail to Gaza.

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Australian Comedian Hannah Gadsby, pictured in her Netflix special, Nanette.

Got A Pulse, A Conscience And A Funny Bone? Then You Need To See Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette

By New Matilda on July 10, 2018 The Insider

If you have Netflix, and a beating heart, then set aside an hour and watch Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby’s new special, ‘Nanette’.

We’re not going to review it for you. We’re not going to spoil any of the punch lines. We’re just going to tell you… Nanette is some of the best, most powerful comedy ever produced. It’s also probably the bravest comedy ever made, and will make you laugh and cry at the same time – a craugh.

It will also likely inspire the absolute shit out of you, which helps explain why the performance has received five star reviews across the globe, and has won Best Show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. Gadsby herself also won Best Comedy Performer at the Helpmann Awards.

You can find out more details by clicking here.

And here’s the official trailer.

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