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multiculturalism
National affairs
The ghost of governments past
Peter Brent
15 September 2021
Is Kristina Keneally’s arrival in Fowler a symptom of Labor’s fear of the electorate?
National affairs
Invisible arrivals
Stuart Macintyre
1 April 2021
The national identities ascribed to Australia’s postwar migrants masked a striking diversity of backgrounds and attitudes
Books & arts
How does one get used to it?
Phillip Deery
1 April 2021
Books
| Sheila Fitzpatrick’s new book tells a remarkable cold war migration story
Books & arts
Encountering the subcontinent
Hamish McDonald
14 August 2020
Books
| History reveals an often-fraught relationship between two parts of the British Empire
Books & arts
White Australia’s hangover
Peter Mares
2 December 2019
Books
| A Labor MP offers an optimistic view of what multicultural Australia could become
Essays & reportage
The Liberal nonconformist from Sydney’s west
Robert Milliken
16 March 2019
Craig Laundy has announced he won’t be seeking another term in federal parliament.
Inside Story
caught up with him in September 2015
National affairs
Is the “biggest story” getting the best coverage?
Wanning Sun
21 February 2019
Can the ABC fill some of the blind spots in its China-related reporting?
Correspondents
“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose”
Klaus Neumann
12 August 2018
Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country?
Books & arts
Getting along
Janna Thompson
16 January 2018
Books
| Most people want to live an ethical life, argues Michael Ignatieff in his latest book
Essays & reportage
Crossing lines in multiracial Singapore
David Fettling
7 August 2017
After Singapore’s early years of turmoil, how are its residents living in an era of peace and prosperity?
National affairs
Yassmin Abdel-Magied and the Pavlovian puzzle
Peter Brent
4 May 2017
It’s day nine of a classic News Corp–Coalition culture-war crusade
Essays & reportage
In the name of the people
Rodney Tiffen
27 April 2017
Populists across the globe are united by their claim to speak on behalf of “the people.” It’s rarely enough for lasting electoral success
International
Does history end with Canada?
Grant Wyeth
15 March 2017
One country shows how liberal democracies can avoid backsliding
National affairs
Another obstacle on the road to citizenship?
Henry Sherrell & Peter Mares & Anna Boucher
9 December 2016
Making migrants “provisional” risks Australia’s multicultural success
From the archive
Once were a weird mob
Brett Evans
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
National affairs
Seeing a problem and passing a law
Jessie Blackbourn
22 October 2015
George Brandis’s latest anti-terror laws will be presented to parliament next month, writes
Jessie Blackbourn.
How well do they balance civil liberties and security?
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