When seasoned sailor Ivan Macfadyen returned from his last Pacific crossing he raised an ominous alarm:

"I'm used to seeing turtles, dolphins, sharks and big flurries of feeding birds. But this time, for 3000 nautical miles there was nothing alive to be seen.”

This once vibrant expanse of sea was hauntingly quiet, and covered with trash.

By Margaret Pomeranz and Quentin Dempster

The SBS amendment bill was just introduced in Parliament today. If passed, this law will see the doubling of ads and commercials breaks on our SBS, effectively turning it into Australia's fourth fully commercial TV channel.

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - A Wiradjuri Elder once said to me, “There is a sickness in this country, and it is called racism – we stand in it knee deep.” Whether you are Black, Brown or Yellow, the only way you can majorly get ahead in the ways White Australians do is to sing the White man’s song, and dance to the White man’s song – do as they do or be damned. This is what assimilation means – do as they do, be as they are, deny who you are, betray truths, turn against your own (heritage).

New Matilda

Vale Aunty Pat Eatock

17 Mar 2015

Aunty Pat Eatock Passes Away Quietly After a Lifetime Of Glorious Noise Making

By Chris Graham

She brought down a right-wing columnist. She was even partly responsible for bringing down a

Prime Minister. Chris Graham reports on the passing of Pat Eatock.

Iconic Aboriginal activist Pat Eatock passed away this morning after a long bout of ill health.

Aunty Pat was famous for a lifetime of Aboriginal activism, but rose to particular prominence in