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Blind Eye: We Should Heed UN Report Warning Against Australia Becoming A ‘Pimp State”

Calling prostitution ‘sex work’ doesn’t make it less harmful. Michelle Panayi explains why Australia must take seriously calls from a high-ranking United Nations expert for…More

Oh, Canada!? Justin Trudeau Is The Joke, And Taxpayers Are The Punchline

Oh, Canada!? Justin Trudeau Is The Joke, And Taxpayers Are The Punchline

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Special Investigations View all

LETHAL LIES: New Matilda Editor Accepts Inaugural Andrew Schneider Memorial Award At Washington Asbestos Conference

Last week, New Matilda editor Chris Graham travelled to the United States, to receive the…More

Indigenous affairs

The National Hoax: How Did Queensland Ever Fall For Australia Day?

Australia Day Lamb Ads: Vastly Improved, But A Pig In Lipstick Is Still A Pig

Curtain And The Case For Freedom: How Many Indigenous Prisoners In Australia Are Innocent?

The Death Of Ms Dhu Part I: The Unheard Screams, And What They Show About Police Racism

First Contact: Poverty Porn And Trauma TV, With Bonus Celebrities

Parliamentary Paralysis Continues To Gut First Nations Fishing Rights

The Road to a Treaty

The Silver Lining When Bill Leak Wins His Racial Discrimination Case

Warren Mundine Complains About Aboriginal Silence, Instead Of Government Inaction On Family Violence

Kalgoorlie Uprising: Black Man’s Victim. White Man’s Culprit, And The Twisted Psychology Of Racially Motivated Crime and Punishment

25 Indigenous Identified Queensland Ambulance Jobs Up For Grabs

The Indefinite Detention Without Trial Of Aboriginal People

White Man’s Manslaughter. Black Man’s Murder. White Man’s Riot. Black Man’s Uprising.

The Black Deaths In Custody Hotline That Kicks In After You’ve Been Arrested For No Crime

Black And Blue: Leon Petrou And Police Brutality At Its Finest

Australian Politics

Budget 2018: Panicked And Providing Privileges For The Already Privileged

The Stone-Hard Sell: A Play By Monty Fish

Base Politics: A Clever Budget For Electoral Fortunes, And Full Of Missed Opportunities

2018 Budget Speech Transcript By Treasurer Scott Morrison

If The Greens Want Credibility on Gender Issues, The Response To Misbehaviour Can’t Be To Attack Women

Jeremy Buckingham’s Brain Explosion: Careful What You Wish For, Lefties

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: ‘Rik Mayall’ Style Photo Bomb Goes Horribly Wrong, Claims NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham

Bad Blood: Cate Faehrmann And The Battle For The NSW Greens, Part 3

Public Mischief: Cate Faehrmann And The Battle For The NSW Greens, Part 2

Courting Controversy: Cate Faehrmann And The Battle For The NSW Greens, Part 1

Malcolm Turnbull’s Manufactured Nightmares, Inside Peter Dutton’s Iron Cage

The Batman By-Election: Labor Surges, Deflated Greens Have Some Serious Work Ahead

Three Newspolls To Midnight: A Dangerous Exercise In Pub-Test Populism.

15 Years On, The Failures Of The Iraq War Belong To Us All

Victoria Is Not The Victim: Historic Queensland Defence Contract Showcases Australian Military-Industrial Propaganda

International Affairs View all

We See Your Mike Pence, And Raise You A Vladimir Putin: A Russian Leader’s Take On How The Soviets Beat The Nazis, With Caveats

EDITOR’S NOTE: Late yesterday afternoon, New Matilda received an email from the Russian Embassy in Canberra. Would we like to…More

Environment

Our Learned Academies Weigh In On Batteries

Campbell Newman Joins ‘Coal Is Good For Humanity Club’ With Predictable Results

Bin Chickens: The Sadder Side Of Guardian’s ‘Almost Bird Of The Year’

Traditional Owners Expose Adani’s Relentless Pursuit of W&J Country

The Queensland Government Is The Real Driver In Adani’s Dirty Land Grab

The Adani Carmichael Coal Mine: Introduction To A Special Five-Part Series

Climate Clock Ticking: It’s Time BHP Stopped Funding Deniers, Says Bill McKibben

Nuclear Power’s Existential Crisis

Emission Omission: We Can’t Eat The #BeInconvenient Elephant In Al Gore’s Room

Greens At A Fork In The Road; Evidence-Based Decisions Or Mob Rule?

Can Carmichael? No Brainer, But How 4 Corners Got There Is Wrong

Power Games: Tony Abbott Finally Cleans Up With Australia’s New Energy Policy

It’s The Habitat Destruction, Stupid

Move To The Rear Of The Power Station, Drink From The Renewable Kool-Aid

Power For Power’s Sake: The Light’s Are Still Out On Coalition Energy Policy

Civil Society View all

Abuse Or Poverty: Brisbane Conference To Confront The Choice Many Women Face

A national domestic and family violence conference to be staged in Brisbane tomorrow will focus on the choice that many…More

Media & Culture

Jirga: A Film About Reconciliation Every Australian Should See

The ABC Of A Never-Ending Culture War That Is Threatening A Vital Institution

Helen Razer On A Vital Account of Utmost Importance

My Application For The ABC Boss’ Job, While The Seat Is Still Warm

John Pilger: Hold The Front Page. The Reporters Are Missing

A Fair Trial Catch-22: The Problem With The Teacher’s Pet Podcast

The ABC Gave Bannon A Platform Because That’s How The Media Stopped Donald Trump

Helen Razer On The Price Of No Tomorrow For Tonightly… And It’s More Than 4 Cents A Day

Writer’s Block: The Way Is Closed, Because You’re Not Like Me

Future Of Media: Every Time You Share A Daily Mail Story, An Independent Journalist Somewhere Dies

‘Is Australia Racist?’ Today Show Trolls Everyone, Pleases No-One With World’s Dumbest Question

A Green Light For Fake News: What The Rebel Wilson Case Means For All Of Us

Asylum Seekers View all

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Refugees And Free Speech In The Post-Truth Era

Australia’s deal-making on refugees speaks volumes about how free a nation we really are, writes…More

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Malcolm Turnbull’s US Deal Proves His Brutal Refugee Policies Didn’t Work

The deal with America is a way out for a government obsessed with cruelty and…More

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The Border Force Podcast Would Be Frightening If It Wasn’t So Boring

Not content with making the news, Peter Dutton is… well, making the news. Sort of.…More

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No Moral Compass: Desperate Malcolm Turnbull And A Spite-Filled Asylum Seeker Policy

The Coalition’s latest policy targeting asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru is not really…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Scott Morrison’s ‘Job Creation’ Fantasy Is Just That… Fantasy

The Turnbull Government brags about strong employment growth. Ian McAuley points out that it will not be sustained unless we…More

Education View all

The University of Sydney. (IMAGE: Jason James, Flickr)

There’s No Such Thing As A Free Higher Education

John Eldridge busts the myths and shreds the arguments in favour of free higher learning. With higher education funding back…More

Workers' Rights View all

Unemployed Worker’s Union Report Reveals Shocking Job Network Failures

The Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union’s (AUWU) National Advocacy Hotline Yearly Report has exposed a job agency system in crisis. AUWU…More