Labor’s Conscientious Objector: Inside Melissa Parke’s War On Indifference
When Fremantle MP Melissa Parke steps down at the next election she won’t be remembered…More
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If You Read Just One Open Letter Opposing Labor’s Cruelty To Asylum Seekers, Make Sure It’s This One
In an open letter to the Labor Party caucus, Liam McLoughlin lays bare the lies, cynicism…More
Bill Shorten Backs Melbourne’s ‘Border Farce’, Then Condemns It When It All Goes To Custard
You would think that the Australian Border Force affair would have been the kind of…More
Refugee Heavyweights Join Forces For Tonight’s ‘Politics In The Pub’
Human rights lawyer and fierce critic of Australia’s punitive refugee policies Julian Burnside will be…More
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers, But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Are you wondering why the deaths of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran resonated, and Reza Barati’s…More
Freya Newman To Be Sentenced This Week Over Secret Abbott Scholarship
A 21-year-old student at the University of Technology, Sydney will face a Sydney Court this…More
'They Have Betrayed Us All'
A remarkable gathering was held at Redfern Town Hall on 24 July 2013. I have…More
Better Media Is Good For Democracy
In March, some of our biggest supporters are helping New Matilda’s subscriber drive by writing…More
Can The Courts Stop Mandatory Detention?
The recent High Court challenge to the Government’s Malaysian Solution focuses attention of the use…More
And The Killing Goes On
The Bali bombers have been executed by the Indonesian authorities. They were taken out before…More