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Peter Mares

Peter Mares is contributing editor of Inside Story and an adjunct fellow at the Swinburne Centre for Urban Transitions. He is the author of Borderline: Australia’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers and Not Quite Australian: How Temporary Migration Is Changing the Nation.

 

Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 26 June 2014 Babies born in detention are taking the federal government to court. Meanwhile, being locked up is making their parents dangerously ill, writes Peter Mares
National Affairs Peter Mares 9 April 2014 New Zealand has reacted to proposed changes to Australian social security law by raising discrimination concerns with Canberra, writes Peter Mares Correspondents Peter Mares 3 January 2014 Optimism is growing, reports Peter Mares in New York, but getting the legislation through Congress will only be the first of the challenges Books & Arts Peter Mares 21 October 2013 A new book argues that it is morally defensible to restrict migrants’ rights in order to give them access to the benefits of increased migration, writes Peter Mares Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 30 July 2013 In his first stint as prime minister, Kevin Rudd set a target of halving homelessness by 2020. If he is still committed to that goal, then the Common Ground approach might chart a…
National Affairs Peter Mares 2 July 2013 The foreign minister’s tough talking on asylum seekers doesn’t fit with the facts, writes Peter Mares
National Affairs Peter Mares 27 March 2011 Radio National’s The National Interest, presented by Inside Story contributor Peter Mares, looks at the implications of the 2011 New South Wales election result Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 24 September 2010 FROM THE ARCHIVE | This week Fijian fruit-picker Josefa Rauluni died in the Villawood detention centre. Peter Mares describes a similar case nearly ten years ago, and how… Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 1 September 2010 The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares National Affairs Peter Mares 3 June 2010 Legislation before parliament will give the immigration minister new power to “terminate” certain classes of visa application, reports Peter Mares
National Affairs Peter Mares 22 March 2010 Peter Mares spoke to journalist Sue Neales and political scientist Haydon Manning about the likely shakedown in Tasmania and South Australia
National Affairs Peter Mares 10 February 2010 Peter Mares analyses the latest changes to Australia’s migration program Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 12 November 2009 Without more resettlement places, interception in Indonesia is pointless, argues Peter Mares in this overview of recent trends in refugee movement National Affairs Peter Mares 3 November 2009 A dramatic rule change has left many would-be migrants in limbo. Peter Mares reports on the indefinite delays facing tens of thousands of applicants for permanent residency National Affairs Peter Mares 17 June 2009 A serious debate about this fundamental shift in policy, and its implications, has barely begun, writes Peter Mares
National Affairs Peter Mares 21 April 2009 The human cost of turning back boats is too high, writes Peter Mares. So what are the alternatives? Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 18 March 2009 Far North Queensland won’t decide Saturday’s state election, but it’s a barometer of the stresses brought on by the economic downturn, reports Peter … National Affairs Peter Mares 13 March 2009 All the evidence is in, yet the government has ordered another inquiry into the impact of gambling, writes Peter Mares Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 27 November 2008 All sides of politics agree that a German-style national feed-in tariff to encourage rooftop solar power makes sense. But Christine Milne’s bill to create the tariff is…