Correspondents
19 February 2020
An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics
Books & arts
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
Essays & reportage
20 December 2019
How immigration law threatens to split a family
Books & arts
2 December 2019
Books | A Labor MP offers an optimistic view of what multicultural Australia could become
National affairs
18 October 2019
New rules mean the government’s migration projections could be seriously wrong
Correspondents
2 September 2019
A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state
National affairs
2 August 2019
There’s a risk that Australia’s leading social survey could become stuck in time
Books & arts
24 July 2019
Screenings across the world are attracting new friends for Australia, reports the film’s co-writer and producer
Correspondents
12 July 2019
Has Italy’s far-right interior minister met his match in this young woman with an astonishing impact?
International
10 July 2019
A furore over a proposed question in the 2020 US census could escalate into a constitutional crisis
National affairs
26 June 2019
The federal government’s big-ticket pledges rest on surprising population projections
National affairs
13 June 2019
On immigration policy, this is a big-target government
National affairs
4 June 2019
Will the wrong person be chasing the wrong issues?
National affairs
3 May 2019
Election 2019 | There’s plenty to keep curious voters — and the High Court — busy in the candidates’ disclosures about their ancestry
National affairs
29 April 2019
Election 2019 | Labor is outbidding the Coalition in an attempt to win the votes of recent migrants
National affairs
26 April 2019
Election 2019 | Section 44 has already cast its baleful shadow over the federal poll
Essays & reportage
22 April 2019
In different countries at different times, two prisoners used poetry to communicate their experiences
National affairs
28 March 2019
The former immigration minister is finding it hard to be a unifier
National affairs
11 March 2019
Our “state of exception” combines disturbing practices, cost blowouts and chaotic administration
Recovered Lives
8 March 2019
Lucy Hicks (1833–1909), administrator
Recovered Lives
7 March 2019
Lim Lee See (Granny Lum Loy) (c. 1887–1980)
Essays & reportage
27 February 2019
Read together, Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains and the Uluru Statement challenge us to look differently at national boundaries
National affairs
20 February 2019
The creation of the Department of Home Affairs broke the rules of good government. Labor should commit to dismantling it
National affairs
19 February 2019
The PM says Hakeem al-Araibi will be a citizen very soon, but a new audit office report reveals why most refugees are waiting so long for citizenship
National affairs
18 February 2019
Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May
Books & arts
29 January 2019
Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues
National affairs
8 November 2018
Gladys Berejiklian wants fewer migrants for New South Wales. But that’s not a cost-free option, says a former senior immigration official
National affairs
5 November 2018
What is going on inside Australia’s immigration program? New government figures tell only part of the story
National affairs
25 October 2018
The opposition should swallow Scott Morrison’s bitter pill. But it also needs a longer-term plan
National affairs
27 September 2018
Peter Dutton’s rule changes are biting, with implications for the economy and the budget