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(The Guardian)When I hear an Australian politician announce a tough new immigration policy, I think dystopia

Release Date: 2026-04-17
Media: The Guardian
Summary: The author reflects on choosing the title Australiana for her novel, inspired by Don DeLillo’s Americana, as a way to capture multiple facets of Australia, while also questioning whether, as the daughter of Lebanese migrants, she has the right to use such a title.

She argues that nations construct positive self-narratives while overlooking histories of violence and dispossession. In Australia, ideals like “mateship” and fairness coexist with expectations that migrants remain compliant and assimilate, with their belonging often becoming conditional.

The essay also criticizes strict migration policies that reduce people to simplistic “good vs. bad” categories, warning that such thinking ignores the complex social issues underlying inequality and exclusion.
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