Peter Mares has been a journalist and broadcaster with the ABC for more than 20 years and presents the weekly public policy discussion program the National Interest on ABC Radio National.
Peter is also an adjunct research fellow with the Institute of Social Research at the Swinburne University of Technology and has written extensively on migration issues, including an award-winning book on Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers and refugees, Borderline.
Peter is a member of the advisory board of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas and a contributor to Inside Story.
Former Villawood boss Peter Mitchell, refugee advocate David Manne and Peter Mares discuss Australia's asylum seekers.
Peter Mares interviews Ingrid Betancourt about her capture by Colombia's FARC rebels, and why love is the answer.
