Inside Story

Essays & reportage Talking about our population 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 Essays & reportage Remembering refugees Klaus Neumann 20 August 2010 The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage The rising tide of border security Peter Chambers 28 July 2010 Border security has complex effects, many of them unanticipated, some of them pernicious and potentially destabilising, and some of them irreversible, writes Peter Chambers National affairs Howard’s victories: which voters switched, which issues mattered, and why Ian Watson & Murray Goot 23 July 2010 The reasons for the Howard government’s electoral success are widely misunderstood

Essays & reportage The fifth ripple: Australia’s place in the global refugee crisis 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 Liberalism’s asylum dilemma Savitri Taylor & Brynna Rafferty-Brown 28 October 2009 There’s a price to be paid if we wish to remain a liberal society, write Savitri Taylor and Brynna Rafferty-Brown International Seeking an alternative to life in limbo Savitri Taylor 22 April 2009 Facing an uncertain future in Indonesia, it’s hardly surprising that some refugees and asylum seekers try to continue on to Australia, writes Savitri Taylor National affairs The benefits of incumbency Peter Brent 22 April 2009 The Coalition isn’t making headway with its asylum seeker campaign, writes Peter Brent