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migration
National Affairs
New migrants on board the budget-cut omnibus
Peter Mares
9 September 2016
Among the government’s proposed savings is a little-noticed measure that further erodes the welfare safety net, reports
Peter Mares
Essays & Reportage
“None of us have hearts of stone”: refugees and the necessity of morality
Peter Mares
22 August 2016
The Coalition and Labor both say their offshore processing policies are driven by realism, writes
Peter Mares
. But a practical approach must engage with moral questions as well
National Affairs
Immigration’s vaccination paradox
Peter Mares
5 August 2016
With more than 800,000 temporary migrants in Australia, the assumption that everyone who lives here is a permanent resident or a citizen has created dangerous blind spots, writes…
National Affairs
Fear puts One Nation back where it counts
Tim Colebatch
4 August 2016
The count has finished, writes
Tim Colebatch
, and Pauline Hanson has done better than expected. But has she the smarts to use that power?
National Affairs
Worlds apart
Klaus Neumann
29 July 2016
The leaders of Australia and Germany responded differently to recent terrorist attacks.
Klaus Neumann
looks at why
National Affairs
Comparing apples and oranges
Peter Mares
5 July 2016
Peter Mares
reports on a truncated parliamentary inquiry that revealed the problem of having two very different schemes dealing with rural labour shortages
Essays & Reportage
Harold Holt and the art of personal diplomacy
Paul Rodan
1 July 2016
He might have been an ardent admirer of the United States, but Harold Holt also brought welcome changes to Australia’s relations with the rest of the world, writes
Paul Rodan
Essays & Reportage
The beginning of the end of the White Australia policy
Gwenda Tavan
1 July 2016
Legal reforms in June 1966 removed much of the discrimination built into Australia’s migration policy, writes
Gwenda Tavan
Books & Arts
Everyone’s business
Sylvia Lawson
7 June 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Chasing Asylum
International
Strategic storm clouds
Geoffrey Barker
3 June 2016
The federal election takes place against a background of complex and interacting global challenges, writes
Geoffrey Barker
International
Austria’s winds of change deliver a timely message
Philipp Strobl
25 May 2016
The tight presidential election result might suggest Austria is drifting to the far right, says
Philipp Strobl
. But history shows voters wanted to send a different signal
National Affairs
Trouble on the left of the campaign trail
Paul Rodan
25 May 2016
It’s not surprising that Labor won’t rethink its relations with the Greens in the heat of the battle, writes
Paul Rodan
. But avoiding the longer-term problem…
National Affairs
Out of the campaign’s shadows, a hidden reality
Tim Colebatch
20 May 2016
The second week on the hustings revealed false conflicts and unspoken truths, says
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
Why not New Zealand?
Peter Mares
6 May 2016
The Turnbull government says it won’t allow refugees to be resettled in New Zealand because it’s the “back door” to Australia. Its argument rests on a…
International
The EU–Turkish agreement: contracting out in order to buy time
Sebastiaan Princen
8 April 2016
The agreement with Turkey is an admission that the European Union can’t solve the refugee problem on its own, writes
Sebastiaan Princen
. Whether it will be enough…
National Affairs
Australia’s urban boom: the latest evidence
Tim Colebatch
5 April 2016
Governments are in denial about population growth and its impact on Australia’s major cities, writes
Tim Colebatch
. It’s time to take up the challenge
International
Dealing with Mr Erdogan
Klaus Neumann
21 March 2016
The agreement hammered out in Brussels on Friday creates fresh uncertainty and renewed danger for refugees, writes
Klaus Neumann
International
Angela Merkel’s line in the sand
Klaus Neumann
9 March 2016
Despite state elections this weekend, the German chancellor is sticking to her pledge to run a “rational” refugee policy, writes
Klaus Neumann
. Meanwhile,…
National Affairs
The meaning of John Howard
Norman Abjorensen
1 March 2016
Elected prime minister twenty years ago this week, John Howard transformed Australia as few leaders have, writes
Norman Abjorensen
National Affairs
Who gets to be Australian?
Peter Mares
22 February 2016
New Zealanders living in Australia have been given a new way of becoming citizens. But as
Peter Mares
reports, only some of them stand to benefit
Essays & Reportage
Lighting the dark waters
Amin Ansari
2 February 2016
In his winning entry for the 2015 Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition,
Amin Ansari
shows how social media is changing perceptions of asylum seekers seeking safety in Australia
Essays & Reportage
“Australia has brought out things about myself that I thought wouldn’t exist”
Peter Mares
4 January 2016
Temporary migration is fuelling a new boom in migration from Italy
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But trying to settle permanently can be a disillusioning process
National Affairs
Another cruel twist in Australia’s refugee policy
Peter Mares
24 December 2015
Australia has passed up the option of settling offshore refugees in New Zealand, writes
Peter Mares
National Affairs
An anatomy of Abbott’s army
Norman Abjorensen
8 December 2015
What unites the group of Liberals who want to steer the party away from its roots?
Norman Abjorensen
profiles the ideas and the personalities
Books & Arts
Unleashed
Jane Goodall
13 November 2015
Television
| What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes
Jane Goodall
National Affairs
How New Zealand fell further behind
John Quiggin
11 November 2015
New Zealand’s economic performance only looks good if the past few years are taken completely out of context, writes
John Quiggin
Correspondents
Is Germany able to do this?
Klaus Neumann
29 October 2015
In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis,
Klaus Neumann
reports from the German–Austrian border
Correspondents
Germany divided
Klaus Neumann
27 October 2015
Twenty-five years after reunification, the mass arrival of refugees in recent weeks has exposed old and new fault lines, writes
Klaus Neumann
Correspondents
Merkel’s high-stakes stand
Klaus Neumann
19 October 2015
German chancellor Angela Merkel has shaken off a reputation for indecisiveness, writes
Klaus Neumann
. But can she hold the line on asylum seekers as circumstances change?
National Affairs
Not as easy as it looks
Peter Brent
24 September 2015
The pressure has intensified for the government’s top two office-holders, writes
Peter Brent
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