(BOOK REVIEW The man who would not be prime minister)*
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(BOOK REVIEW The father of the green revolution)*
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(BOOK REVIEW War and conscience)*
MORAL COMBAT: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh (New York, Harper Collins) Paperback: 576 pages ISBN: 9780007195770 Price: AUD$38.99 Reviewed by Angelique Barr …
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(BOOK REVIEW Anzacs’ bloodiest day)*
THE LOST LEGIONS OF FROMELLES: The True Story of the Most Dramatic Battle in Australia’s History by Peter Barton (Sydney: Allen and Unwin) Paperback: 403 pages ISBN: 9781742377117 Pri…
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Aboriginal assimilation Sir, In his recent article “The folly of Australia’s public intellectuals” (News Weekly, February 28, 2015), Dr Hal G.P. Colebatch comments on the absence i…
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(BOOK REVIEW The very best of enemies)*
A GREAT AND GLORIOUS ADVENTURE: A Military History of the Hundred Years War by Gordon Corrigan (London: Atlantic Books) Paperback: 320 pages ISBN: 9781848879270 Price: AUD$29.95 &nbs…
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(BOOK REVIEW Dutch warning on where euthanasia leads)*
DO YOU CALL THIS A LIFE? Blurred Boundaries in the Netherlands’ Right-to-Die Laws by Gerbert van Loenen (Ontario, Canada: Ross Lattner) Paperback: 208 pages ISBN: 978189700728…
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Gender pay gap? Sir, New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show that our gender pay gap is now 18.8 per cent. What should it be? The gap should be zero, say our gender ideologues. The …
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News Weekly’s exposé of the Q Society and SION Sir, I found Patrick J. Byrne’s article, “What’s behind the Australian Liberty Alliance?” (News Weekly, February 1…
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‘Medical’ marijuana? Sir, The media are talking again about “medical marijuana”, mainly featuring not the “science”, but sensational anecdotes of “mir…
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(BOOK REVIEW Chronicle of a world we have lost)*
AN OUTBACK NURSE by Thea Hayes (Sydney: Allen & Unwin) Paperback: 288 pages ISBN: 9781760111328 Price: AUD$32.95 Reviewed by Julia Patrick Thea Hayes’ boo…
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(BOOK REVIEW French sanctuary for endangered Jews)*
A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE: How One French Community Saved Thousands Of Lives In World War II by Peter Grose (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2014) Paperback: 352 pages ISBN: 9781742376141 Pric…
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(BOOK REVIEW Quaker forger who poisoned his mistress)*
THE PECULIAR CASE OF THE ELECTRIC CONSTABLE: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit by Carol Baxter (London: Oneworld Publications, 2014) Paperback: 416 pages ISBN: 97…
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(VICTORIAN STATE ELECTION What Victoria’s new Labor government has in store)*
Daniel Andrews’ Labor Party defeated the Liberal-National coalition at the Victorian election on November 29 and will hold a majority of about six seats, although the ALP had a swing of only abo…
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(LETTERS)*
China presents world with a fait accompli Sir, I read with interest your Canberra Observed column, “China FTA: more about diplomacy than trade” (News Weekly, November 22, 2014). I …
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(BOOK REVIEW Biography shows the power of family)*
41: A PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER by George W. Bush (New York: Random House) Hardcover: 304 pages ISBN: 9780753556580 Price: AUD$54.95 Reviewed by Janice Shaw Crouse &n…
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(BOOK REVIEW British espionage and the German threat)*
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery (London: Bloomsbury) Paperback: 864 pages ISBN: 9781408810057 Price: AUD$29.95 Reviewed by Jeff…
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(BOOK REVIEW A battle between titans)*
KEYNES / HAYEK: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott (New York: W.W. Norton, 2011) Paperback: 400 pages ISBN: 9781921844362 Price: AUD$34.95 Reviewed …
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(LETTERS)*
Gough Whitlam ‘narrow-minded and short-sighted’ Sir, I read with interest the editorial column written by Mr Peter Westmore on Gough Whitlam (“Gough Whitlam’s tainted l…
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(BOOK REVIEW Contemporary reporting of World War II)*
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPLETE WORLD WAR II: 1939-1945: All the Coverage from the Battlefields and the Home Front Edited by Richard Overy (New York: Black Dog & Leventhal) Hardc…
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(BOOK REVIEW The criminalisation of fathers and parents)*
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY: The War Against Fathers, Marriage and the Family by Stephen Baskerville (Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing) Hardcover: 368 pages ISBN: 978158182594…
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Praise for Victorian police Sir In view of the outstanding performance of Victoria Police at Melbourne’s March for the Babies on October 11 this year, it would be remiss of us participants not…
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