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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.

Essays & reportage Peter Mares 12 November 2009 Without more resettlement places, interception in Indonesia is pointless, argues Peter Mares in this overview of recent trends in refugee movement
National affairs Peter Mares 3 November 2009 A dramatic rule change has left many would-be migrants in limbo. Peter Mares reports on the indefinite delays facing tens of thousands of applicants for permanent residency National affairs Peter Mares 17 June 2009 A serious debate about this fundamental shift in policy, and its implications, has barely begun, writes Peter Mares National affairs Peter Mares 21 April 2009 The human cost of turning back boats is too high, writes Peter Mares. So what are the alternatives? Essays & reportage Peter Mares 18 March 2009 Far North Queensland won’t decide Saturday’s state election, but it’s a barometer of the stresses brought on by the economic downturn, reports Peter …
National affairs Peter Mares 13 March 2009 All the evidence is in, yet the government has ordered another inquiry into the impact of gambling, writes Peter Mares Essays & reportage Peter Mares 27 November 2008 All sides of politics agree that a German-style national feed-in tariff to encourage rooftop solar power makes sense. But Christine Milne’s bill to create the tariff is…