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Amnesty And Human Rights Watch Call On Australia To Stop Selling Arms To Saudi Arabia

The latest from Michael Brull in his ongoing series on the war on Yemen. The Australian branches of two of the world’s leading human rights organisations have…More

Sparkke Change: A Bubbly White For Marriage Equality

New Matilda - May 22, 2017

Sparkke Change: A Bubbly White For Marriage Equality

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Aboriginal Affairs View all

NRL player Sam Thaiday.

Amy McQuire On Token Recognition, And Sam Thaiday’s Misogyny

Another week, another rugby league scandal. This one just happened to come while the NRL…More

Special Investigations

LETHAL LIES PART TWO: Unmasking The Men Behind The Global Spying Ring

Lethal Lies: How A Corporate Spy For A Kazakhstan Company Infiltrated The Global Anti-Asbestos Network

False Balance: Move Along, Nothing To See Here Says ABC Chief

Senator Calls For Inquiry Into Nick Ross Affair And ABC’s “Hit Piece” On Labor’s NBN

FALSE BALANCE: Labor Hunts Turnbull Over Secret Nick Ross Tapes And ABC’s ‘Pro-Coalition Bias’

FALSE BALANCE: The ABC in Glass Houses… With Secret Tape Recordings

FALSE BALANCE: Labor Demands Answers From ABC’s Mark Scott Over Nick Ross Secret Tape Revelations

FALSE BALANCE: Nick Ross, Bruce Belsham And The ABC: The Story So Far

FALSE BALANCE: The Ifs, Buts And Maybes Of The ABC Belsham-Ross Story

FALSE BALANCE: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil… The Debate The ABC Has To Have

FALSE BALANCE: The Full Transcript Of The Meeting Between Nick Ross And Bruce Belsham

FALSE BALANCE: ABC coverage of the NBN since September 2013

FALSE BALANCE: ABC Directed Journalist To Target Labor NBN Plan For “Insurance” Against Coalition Attacks

Australian Politics

Scott Morrison’s ‘ALP-Lite’ Budget Labours Under The Weight Of It’s Own Spin, And A Divided Party

By Jingos, The Australian Values ‘Problem’ Resides in Our Homes, Not Our Hearts

A History Of Lying: Full Spectrum Contempt And The Art Of Untruths

When You’re In Malcolm Turnbull’s Shoes, Half A Tax Cut Feels Like Victory

Malcolm Turnbull Says He’s ‘Pro Choice’. He Also Said He Would Take Action On Climate Change

A Social Wage: The Greens Have Worked It Out, So Why Hasn’t Labor?

A Watermelon And Proud Of It? On Richard Di Natale’s Press Club Speech

How Australia’s Most Under-Appreciated Asset Protects Us All Against A ‘Trump In The Lodge’

Jay Weatherill Just Turned Out The Lights On Conservative Energy ‘Policy’

Empty Vessels Make No Sound, So Why Is Malcolm Turnbull Still Talking?

Be Alert And Very Alarmed At Government Plan To Create A Department For Homeland Security

How To Get Alan Tudge To Notice You Without Even Really Trying (Criticize Centrelink, He’ll Pull Your File)

The Politics of the Extreme, Abroad And At Home

Centrelink Sinks To A New Low In Growing Debt Fiasco

Logic Meltdown: Turnbull Government Won’t Participate In Negotiations To Ban Nuclear Weapons

Environment View all

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Funding Climate Destruction And Human Rights Abuses: Efic Australia Abroad

Banks are walking away from mining projects that harm our planet, and our people. But one Australian Government organisation still…More

International Affairs

The Universal Lesson Of East Timor

It’s A Bad Time To Owe Trigger Happy Donald Trump A Favour

The Spoils Of War: Where Your Party Sits On The Saudi-Led War On Yemen

Penny For Her Thoughts: ALP Changes Stance On Yemen From Silence To Waffly Garbage

The Tip Of An Iceberg: Engineered Indifference, Systematic Dehumanisation

Scott Ludlam On The War On Yemen, The Need For An Arms Embargo, And The Greens Earlier Silence

The War In Yemen Is Turning To Genocide, And Australia Is Quietly Supporting It

Warren Mundine Swallows Pro-Israel Propaganda, Then Spews It Back Up For Fin Review: Part 2

Warren Mundine Swallows Pro-Israel Propaganda, Then Spews It Back Up For Fin Review: Part I

Business As Usual: Even With Trump, America Is Still Our China Plate

It’s Not McCarthyism, Stupid

Donald Trump’s Congress Speech Success Has Made Him Even More Dangerous

The Yemen Slaughter: Why Donald Trump’s Speech To Congress Was The Farthest Thing From Presidential

Giving Comfort To The War Criminals: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Visit To Australia Shames Us All

Why I’m Happy To Live In A Trump Ruled World

Civil Society View all

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0 Jordan Sosnowski

Turns Out Compassion Is Not A Crime But Pigs Still Property

Jordan Sosnowski weighs in on an infamous case in Canada, where an animal rights advocate was prosecuted for giving water…More

Media & Culture

New Matilda Threatened By Four Law Firms Over Asbestos Investigation

RIP Bill Leak… You Boring Racist Who Ran With The Pack And Upheld Every Murdoch Orthodoxy

It’s Official: One Year On, Aboriginal Women Performing Ceremony Is Still Offensive

Facebook Invites New Matilda To ‘Share Memory’ That Got Us Banned… From Facebook

One Path Network Exposes Today Tonight’s Despicable Anti-Muslim Fraud

And THIS Is Why They Call Us Vultures

A Message For The Media: Start Putting Public Interest Ahead Of Propaganda

Why We Should All Watch A Bit Of Crap TV

Donald Trump Supporters Are Playing With Nationalistic Fire: Welcome To The Age Of Unreason

Inglourious Basterds

Rage Against The Algorithm: The Rise And Rise Of Social Media

Palestinian Playwright Falsely Accused Of Anti-Semitism Wins Victorian Drama Awards

Asylum Seekers View all

Asylum seekers on Nauru protest their indefinite incarceration.

Pamela Curr
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International Women’s Day: Something To Celebrate, Unless You’re In Immigration Detention

Another International Women’s Day has rolled around. There will be breakfasts and gatherings as women…More

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Max Chalmers
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Peter Dutton Confirms It: The US Refugee Deal Is Founded On Prejudice

It’s not often you get to say this but the Minister for Immigration did a…More

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Michael Brull
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There Is A Fresh Asylum Seeker Crisis In Australia, And We Need To Act Now

The Turnbull government is once again targeting asylum seekers, this time those already living in…More

Minister for Immigration, Peter Dutton.

Michael Brull and Duncan Fine
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EXPLAINER: Why Peter Dutton Already Has The Power To Enforce A Trump Muslim Ban

Donald Trump has hit a legal roadblock in his bid to ban Muslims from entering…More

Business & Consumerism View all

A lump of coal. (IMAGE: Alexander G, Flickr)

A Reality You Can’t Dig Yourself Out Of – Adani’s Coal Mine Is A Dud

In a world where coal has no future, the proposed Adani mine should not be given serious consideration. Even if…More

Education View all

American president Donald Trump. (IMAGE: Gage Skidmore, Flickr)

0 Dr Christopher Peterson

A Higher Yearning For A Sterner Tertiary Response To Trump

An academic boycott of the United States is warranted, writes Dr Christopher Peterson. But the Australian tertiary sector’s response so far…More

Workers' Rights View all

New leader of the ACTU, Sally McManus, pictured on ABC's 7:30.

A Fiery Defence Of Sally McManus: Thank Civil Disobedience For The Gains Of Today

Australia still see itself as the ‘land of the fair go’. We didn’t get here by following all the rules,…More