Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
Michael Gordon
Friendship hits a snag in a sea of confusion over boats
Michael Gordon Paris Aristotle and David Manne are good friends. They have been for more than 15 years.
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
New regime every bit as tough as Howard's but will it work?
Michael Gordon The big surprise of the blueprint crafted by Julia Gillard's expert panel is that it is even tougher, in key respects, than the plan Tony Abbott was prepared to back just six weeks ago.
Michael Gordon
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.
