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migration
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
National affairs
Immigration’s disappearing visa applicants
Peter Mares
24 September 2015
Thousands of would-be migrants are being told their visa applications have been deemed to have never been made, writes
Peter Mares
Essays & reportage
Safe havens: two cautionary tales
Peter Mares
9 September 2015
Under pressure from popular opinion, politicians’ children and outspoken backbenchers, the government has announced an extra 12,000 places for refugees from Syria. This…
Correspondents
Europe’s, and Britain’s, migration fix
David Hayes
8 September 2015
An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes
David Hayes
in London
International
Stepping up to the plate
Klaus Neumann
7 September 2015
A line by Angela Merkel helps us understand the extraordinary welcome being given to displaced people in Germany, writes
Klaus Neumann
National affairs
Big agreement, small numbers
Henry Sherrell
28 August 2015
The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement will make less difference to the Australian workforce than its critics imagine, argues
Henry Sherrell
National affairs
Labor’s half-step forward on refugees
Arja Keski-Nummi
11 August 2015
Some encouraging developments got lost in the coverage of Labor’s national conference, writes
Arja Keski-Nummi
Essays & reportage
“A striking illustration of how noble compassion can circle the globe”
Klaus Neumann
12 June 2015
The low-key public debate over the arrival of European refugees in the late 1930s contrasts dramatically with the outcry when Jewish Holocaust survivors arrived nearly a decade…
National affairs
Taking a taxi ride to an inhospitable workplace
Joo-Cheong Tham & Martina Boese & Iain Campbell
5 June 2015
Despite the publicity given to their plight, international students are still highly disadvantaged in the workforce, write
Joo-Cheong Tham
,
Martina Boese
and
Iain Campbell
National affairs
A story that writes itself: working holiday visas, tax incentives and illegal labour
Henry Sherrell
22 May 2015
Largely overlooked in the federal budget was a measure that will push more people into the black economy, writes
Henry Sherrell
Essays & reportage
An un-Australian childhood
Amirah Inglis
5 May 2015
This extract from her award-winning memoir opens as
Amirah Inglis
and her mother arrive in Melbourne from Europe in 1929
International
Out of sight, out of mind
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
14 April 2015
Stopping the boats masks a bleak waiting game for refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
National affairs
Living at the wrong end of the queue
Peter Mares
7 April 2015
The federal government has put thousands of valid applications for permanent residency visas on indefinite hold, writes
Peter Mares
. Migrants already living and working…
National affairs
Two intergenerational reports for the price of one is no bargain
Tim Colebatch
5 March 2015
A serious message has been swamped by politics in this latest attempt to model the next forty years, argues
Tim Colebatch
in Canberra
Essays & reportage
Australian children, foreign parents and the right to stay
Peter Mares
2 March 2015
The Abbott government’s tough stance on border protection doesn’t only apply to asylum seekers arriving by boat, writes
Peter Mares
National affairs
Scott Morrison’s unfinished business
Peter Mares
4 February 2015
As immigration minister, Scott Morrison set in train three major legislative amendments that increase ministerial discretion and reduce transparency and accountability, writes…
International
Who is afraid of Pegida?
Klaus Neumann
30 January 2015
Anti-immigration demonstrations in the old East Germany have been dwarfed by crowds across Germany supporting the country’s new openness, writes
Klaus Neumann
Essays & reportage
“Queue jumping”: the view from afar
David Corlett
27 January 2015
The fairness of Australia’s refugee policies looks different at the Al Zaatari camp, writes
David Corlett
Books & arts
The contradictions of liberal multiculturalism
Janna Thompson
5 November 2014
How we should accommodate and respect the values of people who aren’t like us? A new book has some of the answers, writes
Janna Thompson
National affairs
“Our boats, our people, our knowledge”
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
5 November 2014
Australia is sending dubious messages to Indonesian fishing communities, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
National affairs
Beyond deterrence: reframing the asylum seeker debate
Anne McNevin, Damir Mitric, Klaus Neumann & Savitri Taylor & Peter Mares
13 October 2014
It’s time to fundamentally rethink Australia’s approach to asylum seekers, free of narrow assumptions about what’s politically feasible, write
Anne
…
Books & arts
This is how it was
Sylvia Lawson
2 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
The Immigrant
and
Message from Mungo
Essays & reportage
“Queue jumpers” and the perils of crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly ferry
Klaus Neumann
1 October 2014
The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes
Klaus Neumann
Books & arts
La vita difficile
Angela Daly
30 September 2014
Away from the holiday playgrounds, Europe is running on low-paid labour, writes
Angela Daly
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