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Peter Mares

Inside Story contributing editor Peter Mares is an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism and a moderator at Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership. He is the author of No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis (Text, 2018), Not Quite Australian: How Temporary Migration Is Changing the Nation (Text, 2016) and Borderline (UNSW Press 2001), an analysis of Australia’s refugee policies.

National affairs Peter Mares 7 April 2015 The federal government has put thousands of valid applications for permanent residency visas on indefinite hold, writes Peter Mares. Migrants already living and working…
Essays & reportage Peter Mares 2 March 2015 The Abbott government’s tough stance on border protection doesn’t only apply to asylum seekers arriving by boat, writes Peter Mares National affairs Peter Mares 4 February 2015 As immigration minister, Scott Morrison set in train three major legislative amendments that increase ministerial discretion and reduce transparency and accountability, writes… National affairs 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 … Books & arts Peter Mares 28 July 2014 New visa arrangements make it possible for international students to study and work in Australia for many years without necessarily being on a path to permanent residency, writes…
Essays & reportage Peter Mares 26 June 2014 Babies born in detention are taking the federal government to court. Meanwhile, being locked up is making their parents dangerously ill, writes Peter Mares
National affairs Peter Mares 9 April 2014 New Zealand has reacted to proposed changes to Australian social security law by raising discrimination concerns with Canberra, writes Peter Mares Essays & reportage Peter Mares 11 March 2014 The number of people imprisoned in the United States has fallen every year for the past three years, yet the land of the free still has a far higher incarceration rate than any… Essays & reportage Peter Mares 25 February 2014 It’s five years since Canberra’s innovative Alexander Maconochie Centre admitted its first group of prisoners. Peter Mares visited to see if the facility is… International Peter Mares 3 January 2014 Optimism is growing, reports Peter Mares in New York, but getting the legislation through Congress will only be the first of the challenges
Peter Mares 23 December 2013 After serving a maximum three terms as mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg will be replaced by Democrat Bill de Blasio on New Year’s Day. As Peter Mares reports…
National affairs Peter Mares 22 November 2013 Will history repeat itself when the Coalition’s temporary protection visa regulations reach the Senate? Peter Mares looks at the impact of Labor’s decision in 1999 Peter Mares 7 November 2013 With the next general election just a year away, New Zealand’s political landscape is subject to unpredictable tremors, writes Peter Mares from Wellington National affairs Peter Mares 1 November 2013 A British nurse who wanted to make her life in Australia now finds herself caught out by circumstance, writes Peter Mares Books & arts Peter Mares 21 October 2013 A new book argues that it is morally defensible to restrict migrants’ rights in order to give them access to the benefits of increased migration, writes Peter Mares
National affairs Peter Mares 3 September 2013 The immigration department is months behind in answering questions from Senate estimate committees – questions that would provide vital information about the…
National affairs Peter Mares 28 August 2013 Without a change in policies, an ageing population is likely to reduce housing affordability and increase inequality, writes Peter Mares Essays & reportage Peter Mares 30 July 2013 In his first stint as prime minister, Kevin Rudd set a target of halving homelessness by 2020. If he is still committed to that goal, then the Common Ground approach might chart a… National affairs Peter Mares 2 July 2013 The foreign minister’s tough talking on asylum seekers doesn’t fit with the facts, writes Peter Mares National affairs Peter Mares 26 June 2013 The debate about the implications of this fundamental shift in policy has barely begun
National affairs Peter Mares 7 June 2013 The federal government’s reforms of the temporary visa scheme deal with longstanding problems, writes Peter Mares, but there’s more to be done
National affairs Peter Mares 29 March 2013 There is a debate to be had about 457 visas, but it’s not the one we’ve been having National affairs Peter Mares 28 March 2013 A different visa category could be the subject of future debates about temporary migration, writes Peter Mares Essays & reportage Peter Mares 12 December 2012 Australia’s largest cities still rely heavily on massive investments in rail before the second world war. With renewed interest in rail as a way of dealing with congestion,… National affairs Peter Mares 28 September 2011 The federal government’s new rules designed to increase student numbers could boost the number of migrants who are permanently temporary, writes Peter Mares
Essays & reportage Peter Mares 2 May 2011 Changes to Australia’s migration program have stranded tens of thousands of international graduates at the end of a queue that shows no sign of moving — and the immigration…
National affairs Peter Mares 27 March 2011 Radio National’s The National Interest, presented by Inside Story contributor Peter Mares, looks at the implications of the 2011 New South Wales election result Essays & reportage Peter Mares 24 September 2010 FROM THE ARCHIVE | This week Fijian fruit-picker Josefa Rauluni died in the Villawood detention centre. Peter Mares describes a similar case nearly ten years ago, and how… Essays & reportage Peter Mares 1 September 2010 The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares National affairs Peter Mares 3 June 2010 Legislation before parliament will give the immigration minister new power to “terminate” certain classes of visa application, reports Peter Mares