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Jazz icon Graeme Lyall in October 2010 with Matilda Duncan and other students during a school excursion.

Jazz Icon Graeme Lyall’s Lawyers Threaten NM With Contempt Over Leaked Catholic Report

New Matilda had been planning to publish a major new feature as part of an ongoing investigative series into the sexual misconduct of men in…More

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The Australian Accused: A Complete List Of The #metoo Fall Out So Far
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Campbell Newman Joins ‘Coal Is Good For Humanity Club’ With Predictable Results

Hunting Amber Harrison: Great If You’re A Lawyer, Sucks If You’re A Channel 7 Shareholder

Chris Graham - December 18, 2017

Hunting Amber Harrison: Great If You’re A Lawyer, Sucks If You’re A Channel 7 Shareholder

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Special Investigations View all

Sydney Barrister Charles Waterstreet, who is facing serious allegations of sexual harassment.

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Criminal Barrister Charles Waterstreet Lied About Porn Video Played To Young Jobseeker

If you’re going to serve the Australian courts as a criminal barrister, professional standards dictate…More

Aboriginal Affairs

Sol Bellear AM To Be Laid To Rest Saturday At State Funeral In Redfern

Lessons From The Past, A Culture For The Future

Killing Ground: An Aussie Horror Film That May Scare Us Into Breaking The Silence

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The ‘Coloniser In The Room’

Uluru ‘Statement From The Heart’ Lacks Real Teeth And Reality

Best Intentions: How We Slaughter The Aboriginal Race

The Debilitating Aftermath Of 10 Years Of NT Intervention

The Killing Fields: How We Failed Elijah Doughty, And Countless Others

THE POISONED CHALICE: Breakthrough WA Study Shines A Light On Global Water Contamination

A Decade On, The Fraud Of The NT Intervention Is Exposed

Bad Aunty: 10 Years On, How ABC Lateline Sparked The Racist NT Intervention (With Introduction By John Pilger)

After Mabo: Koiki’s Vision For A New Great Society

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

Cashless Cards And Rising Crime: An Intervention That Keeps On Giving

Amy McQuire On Bill Leak: Respecting The Dead Doesn’t Mean You Have To Ignore Their Racist Legacy

Australian Politics

Sam Slammed, But Not By A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog, Notably

An Ivory Tower Plan To Build Ivory Tower Stadiums For The Big End Of Town

Why The Queensland Election Matters On The National Stage

VIDEO: Malcolm Turnbull’s Joint Party Room, If It Were A Pet Show

Citizenship Chaos Could Be Terminal For Turnbull

Cold, Hard (Michaelia) Cash Lies To Parliament And The People

Green Without (Class) Envy: Richard Di Natale’s Disappointingly Neoliberal Messaging

Adani’s Coal Mine Is A Symptom Of The Crisis In Australian Politics

End Of An Error: The Days Of Danby-ism Look Done

If You Think The Turnbull Government Is Populist, Then You Don’t Understand Populism

Please Explainer: A Brief Punter’s Guide To How Malcolm Roberts Tried To Renounce His British Citizenship

Is Tony Abbott Lying About Getting Head-butted For Marriage Equality?

Labor Are Socialists, And Other Ridiculous Theories From Desperate Liberals

Why George Brandis’ And Sarah Hanson-Young’s Responses To Pauline Hanson’s Burqa Stunt Were Awful

Confessions Of A Dual Citizen

International Affairs View all

North Korea citizens on a public bus, 2013. (IMAGE: BRJ INC., Flickr)

Iraq Mark II: The Fatal Flaw In The Case For War Against North Korea

The case for a war against North Korea does not stack up, particularly not in the face of US-led aggression,…More

Environment

Bin Chickens: The Sadder Side Of Guardian’s ‘Almost Bird Of The Year’

Traditional Owners Expose Adani’s Relentless Pursuit of W&J Country

The Queensland Government Is The Real Driver In Adani’s Dirty Land Grab

The Adani Carmichael Coal Mine: Introduction To A Special Five-Part Series

Climate Clock Ticking: It’s Time BHP Stopped Funding Deniers, Says Bill McKibben

Nuclear Power’s Existential Crisis

Emission Omission: We Can’t Eat The #BeInconvenient Elephant In Al Gore’s Room

Greens At A Fork In The Road; Evidence-Based Decisions Or Mob Rule?

Can Carmichael? No Brainer, But How 4 Corners Got There Is Wrong

Power Games: Tony Abbott Finally Cleans Up With Australia’s New Energy Policy

It’s The Habitat Destruction, Stupid

Move To The Rear Of The Power Station, Drink From The Renewable Kool-Aid

Power For Power’s Sake: The Light’s Are Still Out On Coalition Energy Policy

Why Getting Your Hands Dirty Could Improve Your Mental Health

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Ending The Culture Of Waste

Civil Society View all

(IMAGE: Paul Carmona, Flickr)

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A Way Out Of The Wreckage

We live in difficult times, but there’s a light on the horizon if we care to look, and read, writes…More

Media & Culture

The New Social Order: Keaton Jones And The Viral Bullying Video

John Pilger On Why The Documentary Must Not Be Allowed To Die

The Clayton-Latham Defence: The Debate You Have About Anti-White Racism When You’re Not Really Having A Debate About Anti-White Racism

Milo Yiannopoulos And How The Media Boosts Fascists And Bags Its Opponents

Google Not Feeling So Lucky Over Australian Defamation Case

Is #MeToo The Privatisation Of Protest?

Helen Razer Fires Back On The Powerlessness Of Persuasion, And #metoo

#MeToo: Trauma Triggering Or Trigger-Happy?

John Pilger On Hillary Clinton, Julian Assange And The ABC’s War On Truth

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 7’s Lawyers Set Up A Fake GoFundMe Page In The Name Of ‘Amber Harrison’

Full Statement From Channel 7 In Relation To Amy Taeuber Dismissal

The Clayton’s Inquiry: The ‘Media Reform’ You Have When You’re Not Having Media Reform

Asylum Seekers View all

Children locked up in immigration detention on Nauru, August 2016. This image is courtesy of Mums 4 Refugees.

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Our Border Protection Spin Isn’t Fooling The World, UN Docs Reveal

The international community is not fooled by Australia’s human rights offending immigration policies, writes Kellie…More

Children locked up in immigration detention on Nauru, August 2016. This image is courtesy of Mums 4 Refugees.

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Your Silence On Manus And Nauru Is Your Complicity

What Australia has done to people seeking asylum is the responsibility of all Australians, writes…More

A screencap from an ABC News story, showing Manus Island detainees this week.

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Manus Island: Those For Whom We Cannot Grieve

As a nation, overcoming our fear of ‘the other’ and exposing our own vulnerabilities is…More

A screengrab from an ABC news report on the unfolding crisis on Manus Island.

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Manus Crisis: Our Protests Must Build Momentum

The crisis unfolding on Manus Island is a new low in Australian political life. The…More

Business & Consumerism View all

The Port Kembla Steelworks in Wollongong, NSW. (IMAGE: Steve, Flickr)

‘Free Energy’ Goes Begging At Illawarra’s BlueScope Steel

Cogeneration – the process of creating useful heat and electricity at the same time – is the obvious route to…More

Education View all

(IMAGE: Nicholas Hardeman, Flickr)

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Rigour or Rigor Mortis? The Dumbing Down Of Debate And Intellectualism

Making language accessible is important, writes Dr Richard Hil. But what if we’re making it meaningless? I’ve recently returned from a conference…More

Workers' Rights View all

Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter.

Christian By Name, Not By Nature: Porter Punches Down On The Poor

Christian Porter is commending his government for ‘taking risks’ with the lives of vulnerable people, writes Jeremy Poxon from the…More