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Peter Mares

'September 11: A Symposium'

September 2002, no. 244

Never far from one’s mind these days, the events of September 11, 2001, and their direct aftermath in Afghanistan and elsewhere, had to be prominent in this month’s issue of ABR, such is their complex resonance and ubiquitous iconography. To complement Morag Fraser’s essay in this issue on the consequences of ‘September 11’ for civic ...

Borderline by Peter Mares & Asylum Seekers by Don McMaster

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June 2001, no. 231
Penelope Mathew reviews 'Borderline: Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers' by Peter Mares and 'Asylum Seekers: Australia’s response to refugees' by Don McMaster

The year 2001 marks the centenary of the Federation of Australia and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. There are important linkages between these milestones. Australian Federation was driven, among other factors, by the desire to gain sovereign control over immigration. Despite the demise of the White Australia Policy and Australia’s early support for the Refugee Convention, Australia’s present-day treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers shows us to be a nation that is still defined in negative terms, through the exclusion of others.

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