1 November 2015

Australia has a greater percentage of foreigners but less xenophobia. What is its secret?

Fred Hiatt
Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post

Centre guest Fred Hiatt in the Washington Post.

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Fred Hiatt
Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post
Fred Hiatt visited the US Studies Centre in October 2015. Hiatt is the editorial page editor of The Washington Post and writes editorials for the newspaper and a biweekly column that appears on Mondays. He also contributes to the PostPartisan blog and is the author of several books.

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1 November 2015

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