Peter Mares

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  • Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Best books of 2023: our experts share the books that have stayed with them

Jen Webb, University of Canberra; Alexander Howard, University of Sydney; Alice Gorman, Flinders University; Anna Clark, University of Technology Sydney; Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney; Carol Lefevre, University of Adelaide; Dennis Altman, La Trobe University; Edwina Preston, The University of Melbourne; Heidi Norman, University of Technology Sydney; Hugh Breakey, Griffith University; Julian Novitz, Swinburne University of Technology; Julienne van Loon, The University of Melbourne; Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University; Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne; Oscar Davis, Bond University; Peter Mares, Monash University; Tanya Latty, University of Sydney; Tom Doig, The University of Queensland; Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, The University of Western Australia, and Wanning Sun, University of Technology Sydney

Plan your summer reading or catch up on what you missed with The Conversation’s selection of the best books of the year.
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The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so don’t expect it to solve the crisis

Hal Pawson, UNSW ; Bill Randolph, UNSW ; Chris Leishman, University of South Australia; Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Peter Mares, Monash University; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney, and Vivienne Milligan, UNSW

While the Productivity Commission’s critique of the national housing agreement is justified, its faith in the market is not. The Albanese government is right to invest in building social housing.
Caggara House in Brisbane caters for low-income residents aged 55 and over who previously lived alone in state-owned houses that were too big for their needs. UDIA Qld/Facebook

A community fix for the affordable housing crisis

Peter Mares, Swinburne University of Technology

Much of the innovation in providing social housing is coming from community housing providers around the country. And it’s desperately needed given the state of housing inequality in Australia.
The thrust of contemporary migration policy is not towards settlement but temporariness, not towards belonging but contingency. AAP

How temporary migration is changing Australia – and the world

Peter Mares, Swinburne University of Technology

Temporary migrants are excluded from the benefits and rights of Australian citizenship. Is such immigration policy compatible with Australia’s democratic principles and values?
Less than welcoming… policies that prevent asylum seekers working are dehumanising. AAP Image/Newzulu/Zebedee Parkes

Asylum seekers and the dignity of work

Peter Mares, Swinburne University of Technology

My interview with Mr Syed did not get off to a great start. We’d arranged to meet at the Dandenong library – part of the city council building, a huge, bright orange edifice in the redeveloped heart of…
The myth of the ‘Bondi Bludger’ has New Zealanders sponging off the Australian taxpayer. Jenny Evans/AAPImage

New Zealand’s ‘Bondi Bludger’ and other Australian myths

Peter Mares, Swinburne University of Technology

Historically, geographically, culturally – there are many points of comparison between Australia and its neighbour to the east, New Zealand. But there are notable differences. This week, The Conversation…

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