Convicted terror author’s bail fight

A Sydney man who was jailed for 12 years for compiling a terrorist textbook is fighting to be freed from prison after being rearrested for allegedly attempting to communicate with a convicted ISIS financier.

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...

Innovation Patent System ‘Ends’ not with a Whimper, but a Bang!

Phasing-out of the Australian innovation patent system led to a rush of last-minute filings.

Democratic Eco-Socialism in Australia

Perhaps democratic eco-socialism starts with a need to solve the climate crisis and related crises. This requires a radical socio-ecological revolution that transcends capitalism through the non-violent dismantling of capitalism. It replaces...

Melbourne: The Longest in Lockdown

As a city, Melbourne previously prided itself with the air of a prim and proper heiress, one without peer in Australia: a gastronomic wonder, a sporting

Australian Privacy Commissioner Says 7-Eleven Broke Privacy Laws By Scanning Customers' Faces At Survey Kiosks

Of all the places to come across illegal facial recognition tech deployment, a convenience store chain is certainly one of the strangest. The tech wasn't deployed to stop shoplifting or keep unwanted people off the premises. Instead, somewhat...

Is Australia's Nuclear Sub Deal, Its First Step Toward Building Nuclear Power Plants?

Anti-nuclear power sentiment in Australia is widespread and longstanding. (Photo of inflatable uranium barrel outside Bonython Hall, University of

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Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data -...

#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...

Australian appeal to determine future of global relationship with AI - Intellectual Property - Australia

Commissioner of Patents is appealing FC decision that an AI system can be listed as a inventor.

Australia's Man in Washington: Morrison's Tour of Deception

It was startling and even shocking.  Away from the thrust and cut of domestic politics, not to mention noisy discord within his government’s ranks,

Australian police exploit extreme right-wing, anti-vax rallies to deploy new repressive weaponry

The real target of the repressive build-up is not the extreme right—many of the fascists enjoy close relations with sections of sympathising police—but the working class.

Is Australia's Anti-Lockdown Movement a Creature of Corporate Dark Money?

‘Mainstream media’ is the bugbear of choice for the anti-lockdown movement; it associates the facts of epidemiological science with media propaganda, and

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...

Murder verdict in death of Australian woman Justine Damond overturned

Mohamed Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual US-Australian citizen.

As World Burns, Morrison Says Australia's Sticking With Coal

Shrugging his shoulders at the climate emergency, Australia's PM Morrison doubles down on coal.