Justice For Julian Assange Is Justice For All: John Pilger - New Matilda

While Julian Assange endures an endless prison sentence for revealing atrocities perpetrated on innocents during the West’s endless wars, John Pilger turns his gaze to some of the officials, journalists and media outlets who have aided and abetted...

Remembering Omid: Brisbane Court Set To Hand Down Inquest Findings Into ‘Survivable’ Self-Immolation - New Matilda

The findings into the inquest of Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali, who died on Nauru in 2016, will be handed down in Brisbane tomorrow. Witnesses to the self-immolation of Omid included UNHCR staff, children, nurses and other detainees. Asylum...

#MeanwhileInWilcannia: Leaked Minutes From Emergency Meetings Reveal Govt Officials Blocked Wilcannia Pleas For COVID Help - New Matilda

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: At the start of the pandemic, international jetsetters were rushing home to quarantine in five-star hotels at Australian taxpayers’ expense. And complaining about it. At the same time, governments around the country were...

You Can’t Lead With A Forced Jab: The Cost Of Coercion Over Conversation - New Matilda

You might have already made your mind up on vaccinations, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still crucially important conversations we can all participate in, writes Fenelle McLaurin. We have witnessed a watershed moment in Victoria. Vaccine...

Bad Boy Bobby: Herald Sun Discovers Concept Of 'Heritage Value' In Precisely The Way You Might Expect - New Matilda

It’s one of the perplexing things about right-wingers. They hate change, but they love knocking old shit over to make way for newer shit. Hence the confusion over a story that cropped up in the Herald Sun overnight railing against developers in...

Freestyle Canoe-ing: ‘The Long Search For The End Of The Internet… And What A Finale!’ - New Matilda

Most days of the year, social media is a dumpster fire. Exhibit A is the comments section on New Matilda’s own Facebook page… specifically this post, about Peta Credlin, Sky News and all the trouble in ‘Afghanistand’. But every now and then,...

#KidsInLockdown: In Sydney, Australia Two Months Of Lockdown Has Come To This - New Matilda

It was always going to get bad, but no-one predicted it would get this bad…. Not since the glorious days of Manus Island and Nauru has Australia jailed little children for so long. But as the pandemic drags on – and millions of children in Sydney...

A Day In The Death Of British Justice: John Pilger On Julian Assange - New Matilda

As the ongoing torture of an Australian journalist who committed the heinous crime of revealing US state-sanctioned murder enters its 10th year, John Pilger weighs in on a British legal case that reached the status of high farce before it even...

‘Why Isn’t ‘Afghanistand’ Leading The News?’ Sky’s Coverage Of US Troop Withdrawal Is Going About As Well As You’d Expect - New Matilda

As distressing scenes emerge from Afghanistan of a panicked population trying to flee slaughter, it’s comforting to know that Sky News has worked out who is to blame. Chris Graham suspends reason and accountability to bring you this special...

ED’S DESK: News Corp Columnist Lectures Others On ‘English’. Wat Coold Posibly Go Rong? - New Matilda

If you live in a glass house, it’s never a good idea to throw stones. Equally, if you’re a News Corp columnist planning to use sarcasm to lecture other people about ‘The Queen’s English’… well, you’ll do yourself less injury living in a glass...

Newsbot At Murdoch Tabloid Helps Sum Up Quality Of #BLM Hit Piece Better Than Any Human Ever Could - New Matilda

A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post rolled out a hit piece that even by its own appalling standards, stunk like sh*t. Literally. Chris Graham reports. In case you missed it – and let’s face it, it’s the NY Post, so of course you...