Reply to Lucy Sullivan on family taxation I thank Lucy Sullivan for her comments (January 27, 2018) on my piece, “Reality of family unit must underlie tax system” (News Weekly, Oct-ober 21, 2017). Reform to how the family is taxed is a vitally important issue, especially in the current period of wage stagnation and rapidly rising housing and living costs. Sadly it…

G&S ON G&T Jim Stanton Axle-grease CD RT554-A $22 ONO Reviewed by Sebastian Gunlighter Jim Stanton presents a selection of his favourite highland pipe-band renditions of Gilbert and Sullivan’s decorative plaster flying ducks. The original recordings were done on bicycle but have here been lovingly transferred into the new rubber calibrated onion format. The result is crisp and bright and…

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Attorney-General’s Department have made it clear that changing the Marriage Act to allow “two people” to marry delivered gender-fluid marriage, not just same-sex marriage.   Immediately after the survey result was announced last November, Mr Turnbull made it clear that the marriage amendment bill meant that “two people will be able to get married, regardless of their…

BULLY OF ASIA: Why China’s Dream Is the New Threat to World Order by Steven W. Mosher Regnery Publishing, Washington DC Hardcover: 256 pages Price: AUD$39.25 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb Steven Mosher sees China in the context of its history. China is the world’s oldest continuing civilisation. Over the 5,000 years that China has grown from a small kingdom in…

OUT OF THE ASHES: Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen Regnery Publishers, Washington DC Hardcover: 256 pages Price: AUD$47.99 Reviewed by Brian Coman Among classicists, Professor Anthony Esolen is well known for his acclaimed translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. However, Esolen has also written many books dealing with the general Christian heritage of the West and of its demise in…

BETWEEN DEBT AND THE DEVIL: Money, Credit and Fixing Global Finance by Adair Turner Princeton UP, Princeton, New Jersey Paperback: 320 pages Price: AUD$39.99 Reviewed by Colin Teese Adair Turner has written what must be one of the most important commentary’s on the 2007–08 global financial crisis (GFC) yet to be published. Certainly, it ranks up there alongside Mervyn King’s…