"FROM a vantage point in the First World, debates around refugees carry a strong whiff of parochialism," Peter Gatrell observes in his excellent new book, The Making of the Modern Refugee.

Australia could benefit too from a renegotiation of the maritime boundary, writes Michael Leach

THE 2013 election was probably the first in Australian history in which half of the votes were cast by electors aged fifty or over. Only 47 per cent of people on the electoral roll fall into that age group, but the lower voting rate among younger adults means that it’s highly likely that the older...

How did an unelected campaign consultant come to exercise such influence over Labor’s 2013 campaign, asks Stephen Mills.

STANDING on the podium in Warsaw this week, president Baron Waqa of Nauru wasn’t mincing his words. “Many of the countries most responsible for climate change are retreating from their moral responsibility and obligation to act,” he said. “Consequently, we are lacking the urgent ambition required to lower emissions in the short time we have...