My following investigation appears in New Matilda today: Papua New Guinea has a new leader but the country’s relationship to mining remains complex. Locals who aren’t happy about the growth of the industry are left with few options, reports Antony Loewenstein from Port Moresby At Port Moresby international airport in Papua New Guinea sits piles…
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Exclusive: Serco hires untrained guards in Australia
The following exclusive, written with Paul Farrell, appears today in Australian magazine New Matilda: The Gillard Government’s contract with Serco imposes no initial training requirements for security guards, according to documents obtained under FOI – and that’s causing damage to asylum seekers and to the guards themselves Serco security guards in immigration detention centres are…

Exclusive: no audit requirement for Serco in Australia
The following exclusive, written with Paul Farrell, appears today in Australian magazine New Matilda: Running detention centres is an important job. Why are the audit and reporting requirements for Serco so low? Paul Farrell and Antony Loewenstein report Under the contract signed between Serco and the Department of Immigration (DIAC), which New Matilda has obtained…

Exclusive: Australian government contract with Serco revealed
The following global exclusive, written with Paul Farrell and Marni Cordell, appears today in Australian magazine New Matilda: Today NM publishes the contract signed between the Department of Immigration and Serco, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act New Matilda has gained exclusive access to the first publicly available version of the 2009 Department of…

BDS isn’t akin to Nazi Germany and damn those who say so
My following essay appears in New Matilda today: Equating the BDS movement with Nazism is both offensive and outrageous. So why aren’t members of the Jewish community speaking out on this, asks Antony Loewenstein Joseph Stalin changed his name and so did New South Wales Federal Greens MP Lee… Rhiannon. Stalin, writes Alan Howe, executive editor…

Obama’s Middle East words as empty as air
My latest article for New Matilda appears today: The US President is delivering sterner speeches on the Israel Palestine conflict but until he bolsters his rhetoric with action, it’s hard to see how progress can be made, writes Antony Loewenstein Forget about what he actually said. Imagine if US President Barack Obama said something like…

On Murdoch smearing, the Greens and truth in the Middle East
My following story appears in New Matilda today: News Ltd has had a field day over an NM story about the Greens, including claiming that we misquoted newly elected NSW Greens MP Jamie Parker. Antony Loewenstein responds Last week, New Matilda published a story by me about the Greens and the NSW election campaign. The…

The Greens, Palestine and defending BDS during NSW election
My following investigation for New Matilda appears today: Did the Greens’ stance on Israel cost them lower house seats in the NSW election? Antony Loewenstein talks to key Greens about BDS and dirty politics “I mean they just never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” That’s what NSW ALP campaign spokesperson Luke Foley had…

Israel’s choice is clear
My following article appears in today in New Matilda: The deadly attack by Israeli forces on the Gaza relief ships has provoked global outrage, writes Antony Loewenstein. Has Israel bitten off more than it can chew this time? Within hours of Israel’s storming of the Gaza flotilla yesterday in international waters, Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston…
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- Battle of the Brainwashed — July 3, 2008
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- Weapons of Mass Instruction — May 21, 2008
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- We Must Engage Hamas — April 7, 2008
- An Accidental War — February 6, 2008
- Israel & Palestine: Not Negotiable — December 9, 2007
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