National affairs
10 September 2018
Scott Morrison isn’t the first leader to promise that more migrants will settle outside the major cities
National affairs
1 September 2018
Did Peter Dutton breach his own guidelines for ministerial intervention?
National affairs
31 August 2018
The new immigration minister likes multiculturalism and wants an Australian head of state
National affairs
29 August 2018
How will Scott Morrison respond to pressure from the Coalition’s right to cut immigration?
National affairs
22 August 2018
Peter Dutton’s departure from the immigration ministry is an opportunity to reset Australia’s debate about population and migration
Correspondents
12 August 2018
Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country?
Essays & reportage
31 July 2018
A social scientist goes in search of an elusive Australian passport
Correspondents
24 July 2018
The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants
National affairs
16 July 2018
Has stricter vetting really reduced Australia’s migrant intake?
Correspondents
13 July 2018
Canadians find themselves caught in an uncomfortably close relationship with Donald Trump’s America
Books & arts
13 July 2018
Books | A shared experience of wartime internment created an enduring “fictive kinship”
National affairs
3 July 2018
Donald Trump forgot the most basic lesson of Australia’s detention regime: don’t mention the children
National affairs
21 June 2018
Will Peter Dutton’s high-stakes gamble wrong-foot the government on tax cuts?
Books & arts
19 June 2018
Books | Sofija Stefanovic’s laugh-out-loud memoir explores life between homelands
National affairs
4 June 2018
It’s time to think outside the square on asylum seekers
Correspondents
29 May 2018
The British government’s torment of West Indians links two national fixations: immigration and Europe
International
24 May 2018
Can the Kakuma refugee camp — former home to many Australian Sudanese — complete the transition to a thriving economy?
Essays & reportage
18 May 2018
Four months after the summer troubles, a reporter heads to Melbourne’s western fringe in search of “African gangs”
National affairs
11 May 2018
Critics say Australia is running a population-fuelled Ponzi scheme. The data — and Japan’s experience — suggest otherwise
National affairs
3 May 2018
The likely cut in migration numbers has consequences well outside the home affairs minister’s own portfolio
National affairs
20 April 2018
Buried in a Treasury report is the data that shows where most of the jobs are going
National affairs
13 April 2018
How did the target become a ceiling?
Books & arts
7 April 2018
Books | A remarkable novel by a one-time internee in Australia has attracted critical acclaim in Germany
National affairs
20 February 2018
Drastically reducing net migration would be neither easy nor wise, says a former senior official
Correspondents
30 January 2018
Urban life is still a fragile aspiration for millions of rural migrants
Books & arts
16 January 2018
Books | Most people want to live an ethical life, argues Michael Ignatieff in his latest book
Books & arts
16 January 2018
Books | What can the 1970s and 80s tell us about where we are today?
National affairs
12 January 2018
With the right team, the next election could bury race-based campaigning once and for all
Books & arts
8 January 2018
Television | As the debate over violence in Melbourne intensifies, Romper Stomper ups the ante so high it loses touch with reality
International
22 December 2017
As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead