New Matilda

‘Crooked’ Hillary and ‘Sleepy’ Joe: Let’s Not Fall For This Act a Third Time

Dr Alex Vickery-Howe wonders aloud if we’re going to wake up before American democracy implodes.More

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0 Outback Tour 2.0: Electable Aboriginal… Provided She Doesn’t Mention The War. Or The Freedom Rides.

Marcia Hines To Headline Priscilla’s ‘Dirty 30’ At Iconic Outback Broken Heel Festival

Marcia Hines To Headline Priscilla’s ‘Dirty 30’ At Iconic Outback Broken Heel Festival

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Special Investigations View all

The Transcript: Greens MP Jenny Leong Slams Colleague Jeremy Buckingham Over Sexual Assault Allegations

A complete transcript of the speech delivered earlier today by NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong,…More

Indigenous affairs

Labor, Libs Finally Agree On Something: Stopping A Conversation About Changing The Date

So Much Like Home: From Palestine To Central Australia

Aboriginal Leaders Make Statements From The Heart. Liberal Leaders Make Statements From White Supremacy.

A Toxic Mix: Welfare Reform And The Mob In Remote Australia

A New Low: Channel 9 ‘Does A Sunrise’ On $30m Palm Island Uprising Payout

How To Trigger A Flood Of Right-Wing Troll Tears: Mention #changethedate

Yolŋu Leader Gives Prince Charles A Treaty Letter Stick… And A Diplomatic ‘Middle Finger’

Justice Reinvestment Key To Reducing Indigenous Incarceration: Tom Calma

How The Gap Widened, And How To ‘Refresh’ The Policy Approach For Remote Indigenous Australia

Made In Indonesia: ‘Aboriginal Art’ Company Lands In Federal Court Over Alleged Misleading Conduct

Writer, Actor Steven Oliver Heads New Anti-Suicide Campaign

BEHIND BARS (PART 5): The Need For Large-Scale Change

BEHIND BARS (PART 4): Overcrowding, No Medical Treatment, No Accessibility

BEHIND BARS (PART 3): The Cruelty Of Solitary Confinement

BEHIND BARS (PART 2): Australia’s Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities; In Their Own Words

Australian Politics

Who Are The Fun Police Really Policing In NSW?

The Doomed Fallacy of Jobs and Growth (Part 3)

The Doomed Fallacy of Jobs and Growth (Part 2)

The Doomed Fallacy of Jobs and Growth (Part 1)

The Fallacy Of Jobs And Growth: A Prequel

Selling Australia Shorten By Moving To The Right: The Problem With Small Target Politics

Want To Know Why The Far Right Is Rising? Look To Canberra.

The Victorian Election: Are States Filling the Democratic Void?

The Spectator on Hanson-Young: “You Don’t Win A Debate With Your Boobs Hanging Out”

Victorians Reject Politics Of Fear And Division. Someone Better Tell Scott Morrison

The Victorian Election Everyone Will Be Watching

BREAKING NEWS: Greens NSW MP Breaks Ranks, Calls For Buckingham To Stand Down From 2019 Election

In Their Own Words: Dr Lissa Johnson’s Epic 5,000 Word Demolition Of Modern Politics And The Lessons From Wentworth

Greens NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham Accused Of Grabbing Staffer On The Vagina

Leaked: Australian Greens Issue ‘Please Explain’ Letter To NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham

International Affairs View all

Pre-War Putin Treaty To Limit Military Expansion In Europe Was Rejected, NATO Boss Admits

The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has admitted that in the months before the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir…More

Environment

Tony Abbott Unplugged: He’s Out ‘Selling His Arse Again’, This Time On Climate Change

Dirty Power: If We Hate Coal So Much, Why Is There So Much Coal?

Alan Jones, Peta Credlin Expose Climate “Hoax” With A Bowl Of Rice And The Suspension Of Reason And Accountability

Wangan and Jagalingou Country The Frontline In ‘Adani’s Federal Election’

Climate Violence: Australia’s Leading (And Most Disturbing) Export

Unturned Stones: 4 Corners On The Climate

Dirty War: Climate Chaos, ‘Coal-onisation’ And Cyclone Idai

Labor Pains: Fighting Fear And Loathing With A Small Target Climate Policy

Climate Trouble: A Simple Guide To Facing Up To The Unthinkable

Profit Before People: Why India Has Silenced Greenpeace

Climate Change Is Sexist: Why I’m Striking Today To Support Girls Around The Globe

While The Planet Burns, The LNP Are Tearing Themselves Apart Over Coal

The Silencing Of The Climate Emergency, And What We Should Do About It

There’s No Future In Coal. But Disaster Recovery Is Booming

It’s Not Over ‘Til It’s Over: How To Mobilise Against The Climate Violence Perps

Civil Society View all

ED’S DESK: Sky News Stocks Soar After Gen Z Intern Drives Radical Overhaul Of Its Ground-Breaking ‘Journamalism’

Ed’s Desk is an occasional column in New Matilda where we let you in on an industry secret… we sub-edit…More

Media & Culture

Insiders, Outsiders: Media And Climate Change And Repeating, Without Question

If You’re Having Alphabet Problems, I Feel Bad For You Son, I Got 99 Problems But My ABC’s Aren’t One.

The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now: John Pilger

The After-Life Of Art: Ricky Gervais’ Netflix Series Used A Fake Indigenous Painting. Does It Matter?

Has The Melbourne Press Club Just Released The Worst Media Statement In History?

The Robots Are Coming. Sensible, Universal Laws On Social Media And Publishing, Not So Much.

Jay-Z’s Got 99 Problems And Hopefully Arbitration Will Solve (At Least) 1

Press Freedom: ‘Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing’

Weaponising Rape Myths And Consent In The Hunt For Julian Assange

Nation Shocked After Brief Spate Of Journalism Breaks Out At Channel 10

Talk To The Totalitarian Hand: State Responses To The Torture Of Julian Assange, Morally Disengaging Media, And What It Means For Us All

Western Elites Spruik Media Freedom While Torturing Julian Assange In Belmarsh Supermax. But What’s Stanley Milgram Got To Do With It?

Asylum Seekers View all

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Manus A Humanitarian Crisis: How Did We Get To This Point?

As of 10:00am today students are leading simultaneous occupations of the Department of Immigration and…More

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What Happens On Manus Shouldn’t Stay On Manus

Australian Border Force’s culture of secrecy is harming more than just refugees. It’s also damaging…More

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How Our Nation Killed Hamed: A Former Manus Social Worker Speaks Out

Alice Krupa worked on Manus Island in 2015-2016. She met Hamed Shamshiripour, a man who…More

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Changing The Narrative And Rising Up Against The Refugee Industry

Holding government to account for its treatment of refugees is important. But so too is…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Victorians Blew A Record $2.7 Billion On The Pokies Last Year

It’s the worst odds in the house – any house – but that hasn’t stopped Victorians from blowing an astonishing…More

Education View all

new matilda, science

Should Women Scientists Really Need to Know How To Bake To Become Leaders?

The importance of helping women train for leadership roles has been widely acknowledged. But right now, we’re being kept out…More

Workers' Rights View all

Sexual Harassment In Hospitality: How Bad Is It? And How To Stop It!

You won’t believe the rates of sexual harassment of hospitality workers in Australia. Cassandra Taylor breaks it down. The pay…More