This piece was first published by the Wentworth Courier. The Emergency Department at St Vincent’s…
Mark IsaacsMay 3, 2020
This article was first published by The Spectator. Who runs the Migrant Caravan? Towards the…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 19, 2019
When I first heard of the “migrant caravan” I thought it was a grossly inadequate…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2018
Step foot inside the Manus Island Detention centre in the midst of an international humanitarian…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2017
An in-depth investigation into the humanitarian disaster unfolding on Manus Island.
Mark IsaacsDecember 11, 2017
"This was not the Manus people's decision. The refugees want to go to Australia. They…
Mark IsaacsNovember 18, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 19, 2017
A high school teachers' resource, commissioned by Hardie Grant, to study The Undesirables: Inside Nauru…
Mark IsaacsAugust 5, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 27, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 18, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 13, 2017
The Responsibility to Protect report is the continuation of the Edmund Rice Centre’s determination to…
Mark IsaacsJuly 10, 2017
This extract from my second book, Nauru Burning, describes the days after the 2013 riot…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 26, 2017
Hardie Grant Books has decided to launch a second edition of my book The Undesirables:…
Mark IsaacsDecember 28, 2016
Peter Dutton is sick and tired of “political correctness gone mad”, according to his interview…
Mark IsaacsDecember 21, 2016
This essay on Just Macbeth! was commissioned by Griffith Review and Copyright Agency for its…
Mark IsaacsNovember 22, 2016
High school teachers' resource to study The Undesirables: Inside Nauru as an English text available…
Octopus KingOctober 5, 2016
The Islamic Republic of Iran borders the world's principal area of opium production known as…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 15, 2016
When faced with overwhelming evidence of systemic abuse, the Australian government shifted responsibility and blamed…
Mark IsaacsAugust 22, 2016
Dr. Gulam Khandaker is a Bengali-born, Sydney-based doctor attempting to witness and record the plight…
Mark IsaacsJune 21, 2016
The Refugee Council of Australia asked me to write a piece for their campaign against…
Mark IsaacsMay 27, 2016
On April 26, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea declared Australia’s detention of asylum…
Mark IsaacsMay 3, 2016
I spent a day and an evening with the Qashqa'i nomads of Fars Province, Iran.…
Mark IsaacsApril 20, 2016
I travelled with Wolftress to the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces of southern China to find…
Mark IsaacsApril 20, 2016
A fictional short story about the gradual erosion of a man's spirit in the Australian…
Mark IsaacsMarch 30, 2016
It's a strange world when the Australian Department of Immigration simultaneously suppresses the truth and…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 10, 2016
We have been told by governments past and present that stopping the boats is a…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 4, 2016
I travelled to the Islamic Republic of Iran with its strict laws and customs very…
Mark IsaacsDecember 15, 2015
Advocating for the better treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia can often be a…
Mark IsaacsNovember 29, 2015
I spent two months working with the Ta'ang people in the Shan state of Burma.…
Mark IsaacsNovember 20, 2015
I meet a Rohingya man in Australia after having visited his home in the Rhakine…
Mark IsaacsNovember 13, 2015
You who live in the land of plenty, safe from war, torture, and civil unrest,…
Mark IsaacsNovember 3, 2015
Ongoing conflict between the Rohingya Muslim population of west Burma and the Rakhine Buddhists has…
Mark IsaacsOctober 24, 2015
This is an excerpt of an article published by VICE Australia regarding the Australian government's…
Mark IsaacsOctober 22, 2015
On Friday 19th July 2013, it was reported that over 150 asylum seekers had rioted…
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015
A short analysis of Australia's humanitarian approach to 'saving lives at sea'.
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015
A statement by past and present Salvation Army staff members condemning the treatment of those…
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015
Every person has a breaking point. When you are pushed and prodded towards the brink,…
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015