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John Salisbury, on his walk from the Sydney Opera House to Canberra to protest the treatment of Palestinians.

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Why I Won’t Walk to Protest Against Islamic State

John Salisbury recently walked more than 300km to protest the treatment of Palestinians by Israel. His view about the West more broadly won’t surprise you. In October this year I…More

Requiem For A Seaside Paradise: Wye River Burns

Liz Conor - December 26, 2015

Requiem For A Seaside Paradise: Wye River Burns

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Australian Politics View all

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The Political Tide That Swept Tony Abbott Away

Looking back on the year in politics makes clear the enormity of Malcolm Turnbull’s task…More

Aboriginal Affairs

Kumanjayi Langdon’s Death In Custody Part II: The Racist Law That Imprisoned Him

In Canada And Australia, Aboriginal Women Reporting Disappearances Meet Entrenched Police Racism

Kumanjayi Langdon’s Death In Custody Part I: A Very Sick Man Arrested For Being Aboriginal In Darwin’s CBD

Vital Aboriginal Service Saved As State And Federal Liberals Go To War Over Cost

Climate March Organisers Distance Event From Nuclear Group After Aboriginal Activists Boycott

NT Paperless Arrest Laws Part 1: Where They Came From, Who They Target

Families Of Murdered Aboriginal Children Have Meeting With Attorney-General Delayed By Text

Cape York Traditional Owners Hit Back After Noel Pearson Labels Them ‘White Puppets’

The More Things Change: Female Black Lives Don’t Matter. If They Did, Ms Dhu Would Still Be Alive

Aboriginal Journalist Who Reports On Racial Profiling Racially Profiled On The Way To Work

The Kakadu Charter Which Helped Stop A Uranium Mine Marks 15 Years Of Shared Values

New Matilda Is Fundraising To Employ An Aboriginal Cadet

Environment View all

(IMAGE: Jeremy Levine, Flickr)

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Batteries And Bulldust: Why ‘Living Off The Grid’ Is Not As Green As You Think

In a recent article, Geoff Russell took aim at Greens leader Richard Di Natale for living a ‘self-sustaining’ lifestyle in…More

International Affairs

The Rude Australian Delegation To Palestine That Pretended There Wasn’t An Elephant In The Room

Blind Eyes: Indonesia’s Fretilin Hit-List And Australia’s Quiet Support For It

The Road To Paris Runs Through Beirut

Australia’s Illegal War in Syria: A Brief Update

Syria Will Become The Next Balkan War If External Players Put Self-Interest Over Justice

Islamophobic America Might Want To Rethink Their ‘Home Of The Brave’ Marketing Pitch

Our War On The Middle East: Perspectives Marinated In Propaganda

Countries With Significant Muslim Populations Have ‘Overwhelmingly Unfavourable’ View Of Islamic State, Poll Finds

The Paris Attacks: Why It’s Time We Saved Generation K From Living In The Hunger Games

Worried About The TPP? Australia Is Pushing Another Bad Deal

Interventionists Beware: A Century Of Failure In The Middle East Has No Quick Fix

Their Tragedies And Ours: The Great Western Double Standard

Civil Society View all

Jenny Green, a Jewish activist for the rights of Palestinians, who recently passed away.

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Obituary For Jenny Green: A Woman Of Deep Principle

Michael Brull pays tribute to Jenny Green, one of the great Australian Jewish activists for the rights of Palestinians. I…More

Media & Culture

What Waleed Aly Is Missing

Australian Satirical Magazine Finds Satire Too Challenging, Drops Pretence, Goes Full Racist Instead

Tired, And Emotional: Another Sunday Plea For Help

Pauline Hanson Wants To Argue Religion, So Let’s Argue Religion

In Defence Of The Mufti: Talk About Terrorism, Just Don’t Mention The War From The West

Cartoons From Detention: Eight Drawings By A Man On Manus Island

Don’t Keep This To Yourself: We Should All Boycott The 2015 Victoria’s Secret Show

Malaysian Cartoonist Charged With Sedition Over Tweets Visits Australia

The Biggest Loser Week 7: Injuries, Ambulances, And An Inflamed Heart

The Decline Of The Australian Media And The Crash Of 7K9268

Remixing Identity: Hip-Hop In Arab Culture

The ‘N’ Word: Mark Latham Goes Back In Time To Join Eric Abetz In A Different Century

Asylum Seekers View all

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Companies Involved In Offshore Detention Frozen Out By City Of Sydney

A growing campaign to stop institutions from doing business with companies that abuse human rights…More

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Liam McLoughlin
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Media Praises Turnbull’s ‘Reasoned’ And ‘Nuanced’ Torture Of Asylum Seekers

The new Prime Minister says the Coalition’s policies towards refugees could be described as ‘tough’.…More

New Matilda, citizenship ceremony

Asher Hirsch
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Even Once They Win It, Citizenship Is Used Against Refugees

Our research suggests refugees are being punished by having their applications for citizenship delayed. Like…More

Villawood Detention Centre, New Matilda

Max Chalmers
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Ongoing Release Of Refugees Poses Awkward Questions For ASIO

One by one, refugees initially assessed by ASIO as a security risk are being released.…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest. of Fortescue Mining Group. (IMAGE: Mines and Money, Flickr)

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Beware Of Greeks Bearing Debt, Unless You’re A Mining Magnate

What’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander. Or Greece, particularly when a mining magnate like…More

Education View all

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Vocational Training Rorts Show Education And The Free Market Make A Bad Mix

With every new scandal the argument for opening public funding to for-profit providers has another nail hammered into it. It’s time…More

Workers' Rights View all

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Our Punitive Welfare Policies Crush The Unemployed And Keep Them Out Of Work

Low payments, waiting periods, and disempowering those without work does nothing to help them get a job. It’s cruelty without…More