‘Defectives’ in the gun Sir, I read with interest and of course agreement John Young’s article, “Victoria enacts law based on lies told to Parliament”. But, then again, I would have to say that this has been going on for years now in Victoria. We know that Parliament has been stacked with rabidly pro-abortion persons who will not even listen to a reasonable…

  MANNIX by Benda Niall (Text Publishing, Melbourne) Hardcover: 439 pages ISBN: 9781922182111 Price: AUD$50.00   Reviewed by Colin Jory   Brenda Niall’s biography of Archbishop Daniel Mannix is set in the contexts of the Irish and Australian affairs which influenced him or which he influenced over the course of his 99-year life, and she has researched those contexts extensively, in depth, and…

  ARDENNES 1944: Hitler’s last gamble by Antony Beevor (Viking, London) Hardcover: 451 pages ISBN: 9780670918645 Price: AUD$35.00   Reviewed by Christopher Rule   Before I begin let me make an admission: apart from a couple of chapters of Beevor’s last book, The Second World War, Ardennes 1944 is the first of his books I have read. Now I know…