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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Oct 7, 2008
After months of turmoil, scandal and volatility, the Centenary rugby league season is now over and the difficulties both on and off the field for the Melbourne Storm have ended in the most unfortunate way — a …
Also tagged: drugs in sport, rugby league, featured, nrl, blogwatch
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Oct 5, 2008
"Why?" — that’s the question thousands of same-sex partners ask whenever they hear one of our national leaders declare that marriage is, by definition, a union between a man and a woman. read more
Also tagged: hero, same sex marriage, same sex rights, rodney croome
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Oct 3, 2008
The lack of publicly funded leave for mothers to give birth and early nurture sends a deeply disturbing signal about the Australian political ethos, given the widespread acceptance of similar payments in both similar …
Also tagged: featured, parental leave, paid maternity leave, australian politics, eva cox
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 30, 2008
Australia is one of just two developed countries that doesn’t have a national system of parental leave. The other, of course, is the United States. Mr Howard always was reluctant to sign up to anything if George W …
Also tagged: hero, working mothers, parental leave, alan thornhill, baby bonus, productivity commission
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 28, 2008
Union membership in Australia now sits at just 19 per cent of the workforce, the lowest level since the 1900s. With membership in decline, Australian trade unions are in a dire situation. In industries ranging from …
Also tagged: hero, unions, militancy, waterfront dispute, union membership, tom bramble, trade union movement, your rights at work
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 16, 2008
As is often observed, the protection of the law becomes specially important when it is claimed by the unpopular and the despised accused of grave wrong-doing. Justice Michael Kirby (The Queen v Tang, 28 August 2008) …
Also tagged: civil liberties, featured, terror trial, anti terrorism act, kirk mckenzie, abdul nacer benbrika, justice bongiorno
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 10, 2008
I recently visited my old country, Argentina. It wasn’t a pretty picture. Not for the first time, the country is run by a presidential couple — this time it’s the Kirchners. At least in the 1950s Juan Peron stopped …
Also tagged: featured, nepotism, nsw politics, ezequiel trumper, nsw labor
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 9, 2008
The myths that dominate Australian public life don’t start at the bottom and work their way up; they start at the top and attempt to work their way down. Their cult is itself part of the calculated mediocrity that …
Also tagged: lifestyle, featured, wealth distribution, land of plenty, affluence, mark davis, commentariat, national myths, universal prosperity
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 9, 2008
I always used to believe that Jim Rockford, the main character of the 1970s television show The Rockford Files as played by James Garner, was the luckiest man alive. He lived alone in a trailer park and passed his days …
Also tagged: lifestyle, featured, slowing down, quality of life, jim rockford, stephen orr
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 1, 2008
"Only a few pieces of paper can change the course of history. On Tuesday, 2 December 2002 Donald Rumsfeld signed one that did." read more
Also tagged: interview, george w bush, featured, war on terror, donald rumsfeld, guantanamo bay, abu ghraib, us politics, alicia sometimes