From queue to pool: skilled migration gets a makeover

Peter Mares analyses the latest changes to Australia’s migration program

10 Feb 10 | Comments (4)

The fifth ripple: Australia’s place in the global refugee crisis

Without more resettlement places, interception in Indonesia is pointless, argues Peter Mares in this overview of recent trends in refugee movement

12 Nov 09 | Comments (3)

A blockage in the skilled migration pipeline

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

03 Nov 09 | Comments (7)

The permanent shift to temporary migration

A serious debate about this fundamental shift in policy, and its implications, has barely begun, writes Peter Mares

17 Jun 09 | Comments (4)

The fifth wave

The human cost of turning back boats is too high, writes Peter Mares. So what are the alternatives?

21 Apr 09 | Comments (3)

Campaigning in turbulent times

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 Mares from Cairns

18 Mar 09 | Comments (0)

Gambling on the Productivity Commission

All the evidence is in, yet the government has ordered another inquiry into the impact of gambling, writes Peter Mares.

13 Mar 09 | Comments (1)

Solar policy trapped in the state shadowlands

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 going nowhere. Peter Mares explains why

27 Nov 08 | Comments (8)