![How The Gap Widened, And How To ‘Refresh’ The Policy Approach For Remote Indigenous Australia](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Aboriginal-kids-lands-603x362.jpg)
How The Gap Widened, And How To ‘Refresh’ The Policy Approach For Remote Indigenous Australia
Every year a report card on the government’s performance in lifting Indigenous Australians out of poverty documents more and more failure, and a widening gap.…More
Special Investigations View all
![UPDATED: Fresh Twist: ABC (Falsely) Reports Charles Waterstreet Has Launched Defamation Action, Amid Q&A Meltdown](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Charles-Waterstreet-bath-359x201.jpg)
UPDATED: Fresh Twist: ABC (Falsely) Reports Charles Waterstreet Has Launched Defamation Action, Amid Q&A Meltdown
UPDATE: Crikey has reported that Charles Waterstreet claims he has NOT launched defamation proceedings against…More
International Affairs View all
![Australian Military Licences To Saudi Arabia Have Quietly Quadrupled](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rheinmetall-tanks-359x201.jpg)
Australian Military Licences To Saudi Arabia Have Quietly Quadrupled
We know that the Australian Government’s planned expansion into arms sales has coincided with a four-fold increase in the number…More
Civil Society View all
![The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged: On MeToo, Social Media, And Online Feminism](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/metoo-poster-359x201.jpg)
The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged: On MeToo, Social Media, And Online Feminism
The face of activism is changing, writes Sanjana Pegu, and the sooner we all accept it, the better off we’ll…More
Asylum Seekers View all
![Our Border Protection Spin Isn’t Fooling The World, UN Docs Reveal](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nauru-children-jailed-vertical-359x201.jpg)
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
![Your Silence On Manus And Nauru Is Your Complicity](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nauru-children-jailed-vertical-359x201.jpg)
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
![Manus Island: Those For Whom We Cannot Grieve](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Manus-island-abandoned-359x201.jpg)
Manus Island: Those For Whom We Cannot Grieve
As a nation, overcoming our fear of ‘the other’ and exposing our own vulnerabilities is…More
![Manus Crisis: Our Protests Must Build Momentum](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Manus-island-protest-2-359x201.jpg)
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
![Cormann’s Tax Cut Con And The Media (Censoring) And Misreporting It](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Mathias-Cormann-defence-359x201.jpg)
Cormann’s Tax Cut Con And The Media (Censoring) And Misreporting It
Drawing on a loose interpretation of international data, Treasurer Mathias Cormann is once again trying to convince us that corporate…More
Education View all
![University Paradoxes: A Decent Degree And No Job; A Job And No Degree Of Decency](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Paradox-359x201.jpg)
University Paradoxes: A Decent Degree And No Job; A Job And No Degree Of Decency
Every first-year Philosophy undergraduate learns how to recognise a paradox, and there are two basic types. The first is a…More
Workers' Rights View all
![Fair Work Suspended Sydney Train Strike Because The System Labor Created Is Awful](http://web.archive.org./web/20180326180357im_/https://newmatilda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sydney-Trains-Public-Transport-359x201.jpg)
Fair Work Suspended Sydney Train Strike Because The System Labor Created Is Awful
If you’re going to cause traffic congestion, you can’t engage in a strike. But luck if you’re striking because you’re…More