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National affairs Anti-terror laws and the knowledge gap Jessie Blackbourn & Nicola Mcgarrity 23 May 2013 Two new reports spell out pragmatic and overdue reforms to Australia’s anti-terrorism laws. But does the political will exist to act, ask Jessie Blackbourn and… Essays & reportage From a drowning to a celebration Dennis Altman 11 December 2012 In this edited version of a recent Dunstan Foundation lecture, Dennis Altman looks at forty years of gay liberation and the work still to be done 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 The devil in the detail Andrew Lynch 19 August 2009 The release of the government’s security law proposals reveals that the Coalition’s approach still casts a long shadow, writes Andrew Lynch Essays & reportage Rights versus compassion Klaus Neumann 3 June 2009 Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs This Charter applies too Jeremy Gans 21 May 2009 The first successful Victorian human rights claim has implications for the debate about a federal rights charter, argues Jeremy Gans National affairs Learning from Haneef Andrew Lynch 5 February 2009 Lost in the Christmas rush was the release of John Clarke’s report on the Haneef affair. Andrew Lynch looks at what the inquiry did – and didn’t – uncover