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National Affairs Another cruel twist in Australia’s refugee policy Peter Mares 24 December 2015 Australia has passed up the option of settling offshore refugees in New Zealand, writes Peter Mares International Making nice and making enemies John Besemeres 10 December 2015 Vladimir Putin’s actions in the Middle East reflect his view that all relationships are zero-sum games, writes John Besemeres Books & Arts Unleashed Jane Goodall 13 November 2015 Television | What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes Jane Goodall Correspondents Is Germany able to do this? Klaus Neumann 29 October 2015 In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis, Klaus Neumann reports from the German–Austrian border

International Stepping up to the plate Klaus Neumann 7 September 2015 A line by Angela Merkel helps us understand the extraordinary welcome being given to displaced people in Germany, writes Klaus Neumann National Affairs Labor’s half-step forward on refugees Arja Keski-Nummi 11 August 2015 Some encouraging developments got lost in the coverage of Labor’s national conference, writes Arja Keski-Nummi  Essays & Reportage “A striking illustration of how noble compassion can circle the globe” Klaus Neumann 12 June 2015 The low-key public debate over the arrival of European refugees in the late 1930s contrasts dramatically with the outcry when Jewish Holocaust survivors arrived nearly a decade… Correspondents Myanmar and the Rohingya: the case for quiet diplomacy Thomas Kean 8 June 2015 Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes Thomas Kean in Yangon

Essays & Reportage “Queue jumping”: the view from afar David Corlett 27 January 2015 The fairness of Australia’s refugee policies looks different at the Al Zaatari camp, writes David Corlett National Affairs “Our boats, our people, our knowledge” Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin 5 November 2014 Australia is sending dubious messages to Indonesian fishing communities, write Antje Missbach and Anne McNevin National Affairs Beyond deterrence: reframing the asylum seeker debate Anne McNevin, Damir Mitric, Klaus Neumann & Savitri Taylor & Peter Mares 13 October 2014 It’s time to fundamentally rethink Australia’s approach to asylum seekers, free of narrow assumptions about what’s politically feasible, write Anne … Essays & Reportage “Queue jumpers” and the perils of crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly ferry Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann