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National affairs Immigration’s unanswered questions Peter Mares 3 September 2013 The immigration department is months behind in answering questions from Senate estimate committees – questions that would provide vital information about the… National affairs The deaths on 21 June 2012: WA’s coroner reports Tony Kevin 1 August 2013 Over one hundred people died in the waters between Indonesia and Christmas Island on 21 June 2012 after repeated calls for help. This week’s coroner’s report calls… National affairs Why we would gain from a regional approach to refugee protection Anne McNevin 31 July 2013 What would a sustainable regional approach look like? Anne McNevin outlines the main features – and benefits – of an alternative to the Labor–Coalition… National affairs How to break the people smugglers’ real business model Anne McNevin 25 July 2013 Both the government and the opposition are focusing on the wrong problem, writes Anne McNevin

National affairs Temporary migration is a permanent thing Peter Mares 29 March 2013 There is a debate to be had about 457 visas, but it’s not the one we’ve been having National affairs We know about the 457. What about the 485? Peter Mares 28 March 2013 A different visa category could be the subject of future debates about temporary migration, writes Peter Mares International Caught between homelands Jane McAdam 15 March 2013 If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes Jane McAdam Books & arts Richer, more contentious, more powerful and more confusing Kerry Brown 13 February 2013 China is changing fast but its greatest challenges remain the same. And at the centre is the blackest of black boxes, writes Kerry Brown

National affairs Kiribati’s policy for “migration with dignity” Nic Maclellan 4 December 2011 At the global climate negotiations in Durban, some island nations are discussing climate displacement. Nic Maclellan looks at the response from one Pacific government Books & arts Globalisation at ground level Ramon Lobato 17 October 2011 A new study of Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions reveals a microcosm of “low-end globalisation,” writes Ramon Lobato National affairs International students and the law of unintended consequences Peter Mares 28 September 2011 The federal government’s new rules designed to increase student numbers could boost the number of migrants who are permanently temporary, writes Peter Mares Books & arts Colonialism’s prequel Lorenzo Veracini 16 September 2011 Julia Clancy-Smith’s Mediterraneans looks at a neglected period with contemporary resonance, writes Lorenzo Veracini