March 2014 Volume LVIII, No. 3
Keating’s History
Fix The ABC? Expect Another Repeat
The Rising Sex Traffic in Forced Islamic Marriage
Captives Of An Over-Regulated Society
The Downfall of Obama’s Middle East Doctrine
Why Another Stolen Generation Claim Has Failed in Court
Contents
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Keating’s History Sir: Mervyn Bendle’s timely article “How Paul Keating […]
March 1, 2014
11 mins
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Public broadcasting attracts such small audiences and struggles to find relevance, so what is the justification for pouring more than $1 billion per year of public funds into programming that so often does a poor job of aping the fare of commercial rivals
March 3, 2014
8 mins
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Western nations are facing what has been called an “epidemic” […]
March 1, 2014
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Plan to grill some sausages or mark a special day by delivering breakfast in bed to a loved one? Better watch your step. In the belief that a better world is but one more regulation away, an ever-growing legion of bureaucrats and nannies is looking over your shoulder
March 7, 2014
19 mins
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Hard-nosed geopolitical thinkers such as George Friedman—CEO of Stratfor, the […]
March 1, 2014
22 mins
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The removal of the eight children of Don and Sylvia […]
March 1, 2014
20 mins
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Part Three: The Ethnic Bias of the Expert Panel […]
March 1, 2014
34 mins
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"Of all the law schools I have worked at in my career I have never been at one that leaves less decision-making power in the hands of the law school itself than here in Australia. Top university administrators who know nothing about law end up making the most important decisions for the law school"
April 8, 2014
24 mins
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Australian materialism didn’t begin with David Armstrong. That honour goes […]
March 1, 2014
17 mins
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David Stove wrote this tribute in November 1991 to mark […]
March 1, 2014
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Between 1960 and 2010, David Armstrong published 19 books. All […]
March 1, 2014
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A year into the reign of Pope Francis, he needs to be mindful of giving the wrong impression: that his predecessors were wanting in some way. Also, he needs to demonstrate an understanding of how wealth is created and distributed
March 15, 2014
21 mins
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There is not an economy anywhere whose long-term prospects can be said to have been improved as a result of the Keynesian policies that were applied in the aftermath of the GFC scuttles. A sober appraisal of the consequences scuttles any and all attempts to argue the contrary
March 7, 2014
29 mins
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Hardly a day passes when we are not told in […]
March 1, 2014
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In August 1977 the 121st edition of Quadrant was published. […]
March 1, 2014
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Near the Cinema Rex a woman’s body hung from a […]
March 1, 2014
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At the end of 2013, ABC television presented a three-part […]
March 1, 2014
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I’ll bet the hardest thing about prize fightin’ is pickin’ […]
March 1, 2014
11 mins
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Legal Limit by Nicholas Hasluck Federation Press, 2013, 234 pages, […]
March 1, 2014
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Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order by Daniel J. Mahoney […]
March 1, 2014
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My first reaction on reading about recent attempts to rehabilitate […]
March 1, 2014
13 mins
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For reasons to this day truly unknown, my wife Carmen […]
March 1, 2014
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I’m about to meet a cousin I didn’t know I […]
March 1, 2014
22 mins
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Saturday morning, the local Apple, busy and bright, your mums, […]
March 1, 2014
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In the Weekend Australian of December 14–15, Ross Fitzgerald’s article […]
February 1, 2014
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A Rhapsody for Ken Slessor Ken Slessor, you tosser, […]
March 1, 2014
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Climate Adaptation, # 1 I’m building ditches, ponds puddled […]
March 1, 2014
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Kyoto Blossoms for Susan i Lovely, the flowering cherries […]
March 1, 2014
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If Hitler Also Spelled Hiedler Hüttler or Huettler at […]
March 1, 2014
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Kyoto Blossoms for Susan i Lovely, the flowering cherries […]
March 1, 2014
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Looking in windows age ten in a car […]
March 1, 2014
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The Myth of the Three-Tongued Woman Of course, she […]
March 1, 2014
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Traffic Island Traffic island on 69th and Myrtle in […]
March 1, 2014
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Shrinking I bumped into an old lover, he said […]
March 1, 2014
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John Maynard Keynes “The extraordinarily pernicious and malignant figure” […]
March 1, 2014
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