(LETTERS)*
“Terrorism” not the right word In his review of the book, The protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975 by John Blaxland (News Weekly, October 22, 2016), Chris Rule refers to…
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Editorial Team
(BOOK REVIEWS ASIO in the spotlight: official history vols I & II)*
THE SPY CATCHERS: The Official History of ASIO, 1949–1963
by David Horner
Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN: 9781743319666 Hardback: 736 pages Price: A…
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(LETTERS)*
Two birds with one stone
I would like to suggest to News Weekly readers a way to finance an infrastructure fund that at the same time would give ordinary Australian workers some relief from the d…
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(BOOK REVIEW Tale of forestry dynasty not quite pulp quality)*
BARKSKINS
by Annie Proulx
4th Estate, London, 2016 Paperback: 736 pages Price: AUD$34.95
Reviewed by Jeffry Babb
Finding a novel wit…
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(BOOK REVIEW Roman refresher)*
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
by Mary Beard
Profile Books, 2016 Paperback: 608 pages Price: AUD$24.99
Reviewed by Bill James
You can tel…
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(LETTERS)*
Learning the lessons of history
I begin by offering my apologies to Colin Teese. In referring to the risks of assuming that “creating additional currency and credit will energise the econom…
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(BOOK REVIEW Freedom as a weapon to destroy freedom)*
THE GLOBAL SEXUAL REVOLUTION
by Gabriele Kuby
Life Site, Kettering, Ohio Paperback: 283 pages Price: AUD$51.75
Reviewed by John Young
&nbs…
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(BOOK REVIEW There and back again)*
KID DAKOTA AND THE SECRET AT GRANDMA’S HOUSE
by Walt Heyer
Kid Dakota Publishing, San Bernardino, California, 2015 Paperback: 232 pages Price: AUD$29.95&#…
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(LETTERS)*
Marriage plebiscite Promoters of same-sex marriage tell us that the cost of a plebiscite is too much for Australians. Yet they have had 16 bills rejected in Parliament and they keep coming back. How …
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(BOOK REVIEW The West’s left turn into today)*
1966: The Year the Decade Exploded
by Jon Savage
Faber & Faber, London Hardcover: 620 pages Price: AUD$49.99
Reviewed by Jeffry Babb
&…
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(LETTERS)*
Kirby’s ‘alien’ claim
Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby tells us (ABC online, August 23) that a plebiscite on same-sex marriage is “alien” to our constitution….
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(CINEMA Villains under coercion: Suicide Squad)*
The DC Extended Universe certainly hasn’t been having as much luck with critics as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and now Suicide Squad have don…
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(MILITARY HISTORY The Western Front, 1916: our costliest theatre of war)*
Gallipoli may have been the campaign that served as Australia’s initiation to modern warfare, but it was on the Western Front of northern France that the Australian Imperial Force suffered its g…
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(BOOK REVIEW An empire built on suffering)*
SECONDHAND TIME: The last of the Soviets, An Oral History
by Svetlana Alexievich Translated from the Russian by Bela Shayevich
Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2016 Paperback: 5…
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(BOOK REVIEW Freedom of speech)*
NO OFFENCE INTENDED: Why 18C Is Wrong by Joshua Forrester, Lorraine Finlay and Augusto Zimmermann Connor Court, Redland Bay, 2016 Paperback: 270 pages Price: AUD$29.95 Reviewed by Chr…
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(POETRY)*
For Sister Pauline Fitz-Walter All speaking needs this meaning, God is love: To breathe this sentence into breaths of life Through all conjunctions – to the heart of strife, Perfects believi…
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(LETTERS)*
Reductio slip Sir, So, bad ideas ought to be encouraged, ought they? Rightly does Augusto Zimmermann criticise the maltreatment of Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous (News Weekly, July 2, 2016), but…
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(AGRICULTURE Sweet success for farmers in Queensland sugar marketProvided by CANEGROWERS)*
Queensland’s sugarcane growers won a major victory for competition and fairness when the state Parliament confirmed their legitimate right to continue to have a say in how their sugar is markete…
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(FEDERAL ELECTION How to ensure your Senate vote goes all the way)*
If you did not vote for the Greens (for example) in the last election, and do not wish to vote for the Greens this time, you need to understand how under new voting system for the Senate your vote for…
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(BOOK REVIEW The curate’s egg)*
THE LIBERTARIAN ALTERNATIVE
by Chris Berg
Melbourne University Press, Carlton Paperback: 277 pages Price: AUD$32.99
Reviewed by Jeffry Babb
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(BOOK REVIEW That other great Irish prelate)*
FAITH, IRELAND AND EMPIRE: The Life of Patrick Joseph Clune CSSR, 1864–1935, Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia by Christopher Dowd OP St Paul’s Publications, Strathfield Pa…
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(LETTERS)*
Furphy falsified Sir, As usual Jeffry Babb (News Weekly, May 21, 2016) has produced a scholarly article on Arthur Calwell. However, I must dispute his belief that Jim Killen saved the Menzies govern…
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