It’s the ABC, the original home of the saying ‘All sizzle, no sausage’, so it’s always possible we’re all going to be spectacularly disappointed. But its new series Eat The Invaders looks to be the tastiest morsel the nation’s broadcaster has brought us all in a very long time. Starring likeable future mega-star and ‘Aboriginal [...] The post ABC’s New Series ‘Eat The Invaders’ Gets 4.5 Stars… And I Haven’t Even Watched It Yet appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly appointed a close cousin and doppelganger to fill the role of United States Attorney General, after his original nominee, sex pest Matt Gaetz, withdrew to avoid details of his alleged offending being made public. Gaetz, a former lawyer and Florida-based Congressman, has faced multiple investigations for several years, after close [...] The post BREAKING NEWS: Trump Appoints Look-Alike Cousin To Fill Attorney General Role Vacated By Sex Pest Matt Gae...| New Matilda
Donald Trump is awful on lots of things, Palestine and the Middle East in particular. But given Kamala Harris has signed the cheques that are funding the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians, how can anyone who cares about the fate of the Palestinian people be expected to vote for her? Dr Michael Karadjis ponders the almost [...] The post An Inconceivable Truth: If You’re Anti-Genocide Then Voting For Kamala Harris Looks Almost Impossible appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
Polling hasn’t even opened in some US states, and already former Republican president Donald Trump has begun setting the stage to claim the election is rigged… but only if he doesn’t win. In other words, he’s having a bet each way, which suggests that deep down, Trump suspects he might lose again. Chris Graham explains. After [...] The post The Polls Have Barely Opened, And Already Trump Has Raised The Spectre of A ‘Stolen Election’… Unless He Wins, Of Course appeared first on ...| New Matilda
Alex Vickery-Howe asks the question that may define the 2024 US Presidential election. This article can have only one title. It’s the question that keeps me up at night. I’ve posted it here so I’m not alone in my rising sense of panic, and we can all breathe into paper bags at 3am together. Ever [...] The post Is The Left Reading The Wrong Room? appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
As we all wait with baited breath for the election outcome in the US, below is a stunning piece of writing by Kari James, a Brisbane-based researcher who specialises in trauma. Whatever the result, the core problem in America won’t be resolved by a Donald Trump defeat. He really is just a symptom of a [...] The post EDITORIAL: Harris By A Nose, Or Your Money Back appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
In case you’ve been living under a rock, there’s a US presidential election in the wings this week. But whatever Tuesday’s result, the one group of folks you probably shouldn’t blame for the outcome are the ‘conspiracy theorists’. Kari James looks back on the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump to help explain why ‘believing crazy [...] The post In Defence Of Conspiracy Theorists: It’s The Trauma, Stupid appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
Broken Hill doesn’t often make the news, but when it does, it’s often for the wrong reasons. Over to Geoff Russell to explain why the recent power crisis was so shambolic that it made national headlines. AUTHOR’S UPDATE: The article below was written before the failure of the backup diesel generator in Broken Hill. It turns [...] The post Explainer: Why All that Sun And Solar Couldn’t Put Broken Hill Back Together Again appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
Is it possible for an electricity giant that rakes in almost $2 billion in revenue each year to give less than zero f*cks? As in, minus f*cks? Well, it might sound like a theoretical impossibility, but Essential Energy – the NSW Government-owned corporation that runs the electricity network in the Far West of NSW – [...] The post ‘Essential Updates’: Who Had The Bright Idea To Keep Outback Electricity Customers In The Dark? appeared first on New Matilda.| New Matilda
If you feel like being inspired (albeit a little sad) it’s worth checking out the Instagram page of popular 90s TV presenter Fiona MacDonald, who passed away late this week, aged 67. If you’re GenX, or the end of Gen Y, you’ll remember MacDonald as the upbeat co-host of ‘It’s A Knockout’, the most ‘Queensland’More| New Matilda
How we can criticise Donald Trump for his lack of self-reflection if we keep refusing to reflect on ourselves, asks Alex Vickery-Howe? Donald Trump is not a king. He still thinks he can be the sovereign of a democratic nation, and that’s merely one of the many absurdities of the silly, silly git. He alsoMore| New Matilda
A recent investigation by ABC’s Four Corners program about the growing cotton industry in the Northern Territory and its consumption of water has missed the mark… and the point. Geoff Russell explains why. “This is cattle country.” says Angus Grigg, on the recent ABC Four Corners story, “Water Grab”. The program is about how the bigMore| New Matilda
Forget GenX or GenY, or any of the other monikers associated with generational identity. We’re actually living in the ‘Me Generation’. Mark Furlong explains. A mechanic regularly inspects the old lift in our building. Last month I found myself enjoyably chatting with a new, very sociable technician. We spoke in a fun way for someMore| New Matilda
How do you get a 150kg man mountain into a van that looks like a scale-model? Before we get there… as regular New Matilda readers would know, we’ve stopped using our social media accounts to share NM investigations, stories etc. Because toxic dumpster fire. Instead, we’re using our Facebook and Twitter profiles to promote positiveMore| New Matilda
Even on a good day, it’s impossible to take The Daily Telegraph seriously, but how exactly are we supposed to take them on a bad day? And by bad day, I mean last week, when they published this lead story headlined ‘Albo’s migrant tsunami: How record arrivals are causing inflation, housing crisis.’ Because, you know,More| New Matilda
Calling prostitution ‘sex work’ doesn’t make it less harmful. Michelle Panayi explains why Australia must take seriously calls from a high-ranking United Nations expert for a rethink on the way we allow society to treat many women and young girls. A landmark report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls,More| New Matilda
British misogynist and self-described ‘most Googled person on earth’ Andrew Tate has had cold water poured on his aspirations for Irish citizenship… because the international airport at Dublin is “broken” and undergoing “roadworks that will be going on for a good while”. The devastating news comes as Tate – who remains under house arrest inMore| New Matilda
Remember that time that we locked teens out of social media, and made them all safer by silencing and disempowering them? Neither does Dr Kathryn Daley. This week we have seen the launch a campaign for young people to be precluded from accessing social media until they are 16. Led by a radio station andMore| New Matilda
It’s a good thing to ‘never forget’ the atrocities of our past, writes Fiona Carberry. But why do we never seem able to learn from them as well? The Anzac Day dawn service is well and truly over. Wreaths have been laid, a bugler has played the Last Post, a minute’s silence has passed toMore| New Matilda
When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. Or so they say. But what happens when the US throws up all over itself, and then has to be rushed to hospital to get its stomach pumped? There’s a bus trundling down the highway, or maybe a bull, but whatever it is, it’s about to hitMore| New Matilda
If you’re thinking the United States’ posture towards China, and the repeated visits of high-ranking officials, signals a bit of ‘angst and insecurity’, then you’d be on the money… which is ultimately what a lot of the fuss is about (i.e. money). Finance expert Rita Bodrina walks you through the enduring and enlarging soap operaMore| New Matilda
The rejection of an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ has left a void in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. We must find a way forward, writes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss*. Albert Einstein argued that the “most important question facing humanity is, is the universe a friendly place?” ForMore| New Matilda
