Writing

The blog

Essays, data pieces and interviews on immigration, integration and the values people bring with them.

What people actually mean by a fair go

The phrase survives because it is vague enough to argue with. Six Australians in different jobs explain where they think the line sits.

The census, read as a portrait

Ancestry, language and household size, plotted the way a photographer would frame them rather than the way a spreadsheet does.

Volunteers, in the week the wind changed

Three brigade members on why they still put the yellow gear on, and what mateship costs when it is billed in hours.

Integration is a two-way street

What newcomers are asked to learn, and what the country has to learn back. A placeholder piece on the terms of belonging.

Whose land are you standing on?

How to find out, why it matters, and what an Acknowledgement of Country is actually for.

First week, first job, first winter

Four new arrivals on the small practical shocks nobody warns you about, from rental applications to Medicare.

One letter a month

New writing, a fact worth keeping and one chart.

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