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National Affairs Sophie Black 3 July 2018 Donald Trump forgot the most basic lesson of Australia’s detention regime: don’t mention the children
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 4 June 2018 It’s time to think outside the square on asylum seekers International Xan Rice 24 May 2018 Can the Kakuma refugee camp — former home to many Australian Sudanese — complete the transition to a thriving economy? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 28 March 2018 Would a stronger prime minister pull Peter Dutton into line? Books & Arts Jeff Crisp 16 January 2018 Books | What can the 1970s and 80s tell us about where we are today?
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 12 January 2018 With the right team, the next election could bury race-based campaigning once and for all
Books & Arts Klaus Neumann and Karina Horsti 20 December 2017 Candice Breitz’s compelling video installation, and its renaming, has been met with an unsettling silence National Affairs Michael Gordon 12 November 2017 The Howard government’s resolution of a similar crisis in 2005 points the way National Affairs Tessa Morris-Suzuki 6 November 2017 Malcolm Turnbull could have responded in any of three ways to New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees. Either of the two alternatives he rejected would have been more just and… National Affairs Peter Browne 1 November 2017 Australia’s offshore detention system hasn’t just been devastating for its victims, it’s also been bad for the Coalition and Labor
International Travers McLeod 30 October 2017 There are no quick fixes for a crisis like the forced displacement of Myanmar’s Rohingya, but a new collaboration has been preparing the way for an effective regional approach
Essays & Reportage Andrew Dodd 2 August 2017 Living in limbo, his options narrowing, Aziz survives on his wits in the Indonesian capital Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 28 July 2017 Lunch with the controversial custodian of Australia’s borders, Mike Pezzullo, likely head of the new federal home affairs department International Klaus Neumann 25 July 2017 The debate of 2015 is being revived by a candidate for chancellor in September’s election National Affairs Henry Sherrell 27 April 2017 The sting in the tail of the new citizenship rules is a wholly unrealistic English-language hurdle
International Klaus Neumann 24 April 2017 Despite ambiguities of meaning and history, the Pope’s reference to concentration camps makes a forceful point about our attentiveness
Essays & Reportage Omar Mohammed Jack 5 April 2017 From the new book, They Cannot Take the Sky, comes the story of Omar Mohammed Jack, who left Sudan when he was seventeen and has spent more than three years in detention National Affairs Sam Tyrer 2 November 2016 The Bali Process on forced migration made progress this year, but will governments implement its recommendations? National Affairs Henry Sherrell & Peter Mares 14 October 2016 Attitudes towards a more generous refugee resettlement program are influenced by beliefs about how many migrants arrive each year. But making the calculation isn’t… International Erika Feller 14 October 2016 A former senior UNHCR official reflects on the road ahead for the new secretary-general
International Klaus Neumann 12 September 2016 The events of late summer 2015 revealed faultlines in German society that won’t quickly resolve themselves, writes Klaus Neumann. Meanwhile, Angela Merkel’s…
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 2 September 2016 What if we took the leaders at their word? Tim Colebatch looks at the initiatives that might result Essays & Reportage 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 Klaus Neumann 29 July 2016 The leaders of Australia and Germany responded differently to recent terrorist attacks. Klaus Neumann looks at why Books & Arts Sylvia Lawson 7 June 2016 Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Chasing Asylum
National Affairs 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 Tim Colebatch 20 May 2016 The second week on the hustings revealed false conflicts and unspoken truths, says Tim Colebatch National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 19 May 2016 Hot-button doesn’t necessarily equal vote-winner, says Peter Brent. The question is why the Coalition distracts itself from its core message Essays & Reportage Madeline Gleeson 11 May 2016 Reopening the PNG detention centre attracted bipartisan support, writes Madeline Gleeson. So how did it go so wrong? National Affairs 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…