Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.

Michael Gordon

The trouble with Labor's new-look Nauru solution

Michael Gordon If the comparison is with the early days of John Howard's Pacific Solution, the transfer of the first plane-load of asylum seekers to Nauru yesterday was a qualified success.

Michael Gordon

Plugging leaks in refugee boats policy

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Michael Gordon A report from the retiring head of the Australian Human Rights Commission shines a light on the real reason our leaders have not found a way to respond to the issue of people who come to our country...

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Like it or not, Indonesia seems part of a solution

Michael Gordon Many poor Indonesian fisherman are serving mandatory five-year jail terms in Australia, while most of the smuggler kingpins get off the boats before they're intercepted.