Mitch Parker
Managing Editor, Asia
Fancy Oysters are Fighting Tasmanian River Pollution
Oysters have long been lauded for their ability to get your pants off, but the salty little bivalves are more than just an aphrodisiac: They're also being used to filter heavy metals out of Tasmania's long-polluted Derwent River.
Could Changes to Asylum Seeker Processing Save the Budget?
Supporters of the government’s asylum seeker policy rebut concerns about detention centres with the same comment: now the boats have stopped, we can start clearing the backlog of detainees currently in detention. Unfortunately, that argument doesn’t...
New Border Policy: Don’t Return the UN’s Phone Calls
This week on the Hate Boat, Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, is dropping dollars while Scott Morrison raises detention-center tensions to riot levels.
Breaking: Detention Centres Are Still Horrible
This week footage was released of the events that unfolded on Manus Island 24-hours before the riot that killed Reza Barati on February 17.
Tom Uglow Doesn’t Think Your Brain is a Library Anymore
Good news, you're living in an exciting time for technology. Bad news, the pub quiz is dead.
The Consequences Of Being Too Good At Border Control
Here aboard the Hate Boat we investigate this week’s asylum seeker news, all of which points to increasing levels of desperation from all sides.
Ross Manning Is Bringing Light To Tasmania's Old Convict Cells
The Brisbane-based light and sound artist talks about his upcoming exhibition at the Dark Mofo festival.
Ross Manning Is Bringing Light To Tasmania’s Old Convict Cells
Ross Manning is looking to expose the truth of light and sound.
Tropical Love And Jealousy, Desert Lawsuit, UN Propaganda And Dumb Uni Students
This week aboard the Hate Boat the Government is trying to charm the pants off Cambodia, calm Indonesia who’s feeling scorned, and deal with Nauru who’s being super needy. All of that plus our own issues at home. It's like trying to date four people at...
Alex Cameron’s “Reflections” shows the existential truth of SXSW
Not everyone is going to get famous.
Small Town Murder Gossip 2.0
Gossip comes naturally in a small town; you live in everyone else’s business and it provides an escape from the boredom. Even so the speed at which information and conjecture about the recent murder in Goondiwindi spread online caught a few people off...
100 Days Of Successful Asylum Seeker Policy—Kind Of
Hasn’t it just flown by? Well unless you’re in detention that is.