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Once More Unto The Breach Dear Friends: We’re At The Pointy End Of Our Latest Campaign

By Chris Graham on February 2, 2016 The Insider

Almost a fortnight ago, New Matilda launched a fresh Pozible fundraising campaign, this time to raise enough money to pay contributors for their articles.

In addition to a small general contributor’s budget, we’re seeking to provide payment for regular columns to Amy McQuire, Michael Brull, Clare and Jessie Stephens, and Liam McLoughlin for the first quarter of 2016. And a pro tip – if you click on each of their names you can look at their outstanding work in their author pages.

The campaign has less than 30 hours to run, and we’re still not quite halfway to our goal of $25,000. There’s always a last minute rush, but we still have a way to go.

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Paul Barry, host of Media Watch for 2016. The program has pointedly refused to cover the Nick Ross affair.

FALSE BALANCE: ABC Media Watch Ignores The Big ABC Elephant In The Room

By Chris Graham on February 2, 2016 The Insider

OPINION: ABC Television’s Media Watch program – renowned for its hard-hitting format and fearless rebuking of journalists from all organisations, the ABC included – has returned to the airwaves for 2016… and pointedly stared down a great big elephant in the room.

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The Blackface Apologists Are Back From Their Holidays

By New Matilda on February 1, 2016 The Insider

February 1 and we’re all back into the swing of things. The pollies are flying into Canberra, the Hottest 100 has been counted, and racists around the country are emerging from the Australia Day haze to defend blackface on the internet.

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If He Only Had A Brain… And Some Talking Points: Jason Clare Riffs On Malcolm Turnbull, The Wizard Of Oz

By New Matilda on January 31, 2016 The Insider

Politicians are given ‘talking points’ for a reason. They’re designed to keep them ‘on message’ and focused on ‘the issue/s of the day’ that the various party strategists and spin doctors decide will cut through to a cynical media and public.

But with the 24-hour news cycle these days, there’s never really enough talking points to fill in all the gaps. And so, occasionally, politicians have to wing it.

The ironically titled ‘Opposition spokesman on Communications’ Jason Clare did just that this week, during an appearance on community station Bendigo IPTv.

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Perth Authorities Hunting For Squirrels

By New Matilda on January 31, 2016 The Insider

Perth residents are being urged to keep an eye out for squirrels “about the size of a rat with a bushy tail,” after a recent sighting in the inner-city suburb of Victoria Park. The West Australian Department of Agriculture and Food – whose clutches the squirrels have been evading for years – said on Friday “they move with rapid, darting movements and are good climbers”.

Local residents in the ‘squirrel zone’ – about a 30 kilometre radius from Perth Zoo – are urged to look “in their backyards and local parks and report sightings to the department,” using a pest-spotting app.

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