On this episode of The Grapevine, journalist Michael Green and Farhad Rafmati, a civil engineer and Iranian refugee currently in detention, give us a glimpse into the experiences of refugees detained in Australia with the Manus Recording Project Collective. Then, Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University, breaks down what’s going on in New Zealand as Jacinda Ardern’s government puts in place a new lockdown and its implications for the upcoming election. And, Peter Hurley, Education Policy Fellow of The Mitchell Institute discusses the current state of higher education in Australia following Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan’s announced university system overhaul that would deny students a Commonwealth-supported place or HECS-HELP loan if they failed half of their first eight subjects.