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National affairs The deaths on 21 June 2012: WA’s coroner reports Tony Kevin 1 August 2013 Over one hundred people died in the waters between Indonesia and Christmas Island on 21 June 2012 after repeated calls for help. This week’s coroner’s report calls… National affairs Why we would gain from a regional approach to refugee protection Anne McNevin 31 July 2013 What would a sustainable regional approach look like? Anne McNevin outlines the main features – and benefits – of an alternative to the Labor–Coalition… National affairs How to break the people smugglers’ real business model Anne McNevin 25 July 2013 Both the government and the opposition are focusing on the wrong problem, writes Anne McNevin National affairs Attentiveness and indifference Klaus Neumann 22 July 2013 Two cases from Europe show that there are other ways of understanding irregular migrants, writes Klaus Neumann

Essays & reportage Six days on Nauru Michael Gordon 14 August 2012 Michael Gordon, the first journalist to gain unrestricted access to Nauru when it was part of the Howard government’s Pacific Solution, recalls his visit in early 2005 National affairs Leading the way on asylum J. Olaf Kleist 10 August 2012 The expert panel on asylum seekers can create the environment for the kind of leadership that has characterised key points in the history of Australia’s migration policy,… Books & arts Reconciling rights and sovereignty Klaus Neumann 19 July 2012 Andy Lamey’s book, Frontier Justice, would make useful reading for the prime minister’s expert panel on asylum seekers, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs After the tears Klaus Neumann 2 July 2012 An emotional parliamentary debate failed to come to grips with why people move and why we sometimes worry about it, writes Klaus Neumann

Essays & reportage Matters of the heart Klaus Neumann 30 June 2011 Compassion as a motivator for action is overrated, writes Klaus Neumann, but Go Back to Where You Came from is a reminder that it’s not a bad starting point National affairs Trading refugees Klaus Neumann 9 May 2011 There’s an opportunity in the agreement with Malaysia, but the government isn’t likely to take it, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Regional cooperation and the Malaysian solution Savitri Taylor 9 May 2011 The Gillard government has taken two steps forward and one step back in its efforts to deal with irregular arrivals by boat, writes Savitri Taylor National affairs Asylum seeker processing in East Timor: a solution for whom? Savitri Taylor 9 March 2011 If the regional asylum seeker processing centre goes ahead, the only real winner will be the Gillard government, writes Savitri Taylor