The Pope has spoken. But was Tony Abbott listening? Liz Conor delivers her own encyclical on life, the universe and everything... in particular our trashing of Indigenous lands and rights.
Joseph Scales from the Australian Services Union crunched the numbers on the Abbott Government’s Aboriginal affairs funding. We hope you’re sitting down.
WA has the highest Indigenous jailing rate on earth, and a black juvenile rate 53 times greater than the non Aboriginal population. Amy McQuire reports.
The media may have been kept off the island, but we've found an ingenious way in. You might have to get a selfie with Pauline Hanson though, writes Max Chalmers.
Transfield Services has confirmed alarming rates of sexual assault and child abuse allegations on Nauru, all of which have been reported to the Department of Immigration. Max Chalmers reports.
The Refugee Council says an activist who spoke out in favour of turn-backs does not represent the views of those who work with refugees. Max Chalmers reports.
The former New England MP revealed yesterday that he is considering challenging Joyce to take his former seat back, and recent politics suggest he might be on a winner.
If you're looking for a company to boycott, you could do worse than a media organisation with some shady links to mining and Israel. Michael Brull explains.
A new poll reveals the majority of Australians see domestic violence as an equal or greater threat than terrorism, though the latter continues to receive greater increases in government funding.
Blair Palese is the CEO of 350.org Australia, a climate change advocacy group upping the pressure on the nation's big banks to stop funding fossil fuels.
“It’s a lot better but it’s not ok." That’s how one activist has described LGBTI life on campus as a new survey reveals which universities are doing better than others.
The Abbott Government’s 'War On The Environment' continues, with an LNP threat environmental groups will lose their tax-exemption status. Thom Mitchell reports.
On the 30th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing, New Matilda spoke with the ship's erstwhile Captain, Peter Willcox, who is still at the helm. Thom Mitchell reports.
Internal emails reveal Queensland Treasury had deep doubts about the Galilee coal mines' bankability. That doesn't mean the environmentally fraught plan is dead.
Greece has voted no to a new bailout deal, with Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis stepping aside from his role. Nick Rowbotham explains how we got here and what to look for next.
Australia’s media watchdog has delivered a stinging rebuke to the nation’s most popular shock jock over false claims he made about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Mathew Kenneally wants to know if anyone has stopped to 'think of the children' in the furore over drug use in the AFL. And if so, how much are we charging them?
As the furore over Zaky Mallah rages on, Chris Graham delves into the media archives to see who else gave him a voice, and who pretended they didn't know he was mad.
It's hard to imagine our fourth estate looking anymore ridiculous. Michael Brull nails just about all of them for their part in the rise and rise of a young extremist.
Mathew Kenneally reckons the CSIRO has itself to blame for funding cuts. It's time our scientists turned their minds to the truly great mysteries of our universe.
'Productivity' is touted as Australia's most import labour issue, but a recent Fair Work investigation into the exploitation of foreign workers shows there is a far greater crisis at hand.
Labor, unions, and the Greens have united in their criticism of the government's public sector cuts, which they say will inevitably impact frontline services.