Issue 2018 January 27
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POETRY
Volkssturm A photograph from the last days of the Reich: An old man with forage cap and arm-band Lifting a Panzerfaust, under the cold eyes Of instructors, readying for a final stand. From the east the Red Army is pouring in, From the West bombers blacken the sky. The men have makeshift uniforms and weapons And a few hours left in which to…
LETTERS
Family tax query I am concerned about the possible impact of the article in News Weekly (October 21, 2017) arguing for the family to be treated as a single unit for taxation purposes but not explaining how this would benefit the family. My understanding is that, as taxation has moved over the past several decades to treat the family as a single unit,…
Family Court washes hands of gender-dysphoric kids
If minors can decide to have hormone sex transitioning treatments without Family Court approval, are children also capable of making their own decision to become child brides or child soldiers? In a landmark decision on November 30, 2017, a Full Bench of the Family Court ruled that Court approval was no longer needed for young people with gender dysphoria seeking to…
BOOK REVIEW Poems outshine dross of inept introduction
THE GOSPEL IN GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS: Selections from His Poems, Letters, Journals and Spiritual Writings Edited by Margaret Ellsberg Plough Publishing House, Elsmere Paperback: 255 pages Price: AUD$18 Reviewed by Hal G.P. Colebatch I was introduced to Gerard Manley Hopkins far too early. His work was set as a text at my school, and I, who had just discovered Kipling…
BOOK REVIEW ‘Populism’ and the new social divide
THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics by David Goodhart Hurst Publishers, London Hardcover: 240 pages Price: AUD$45 Reviewed by Colin Teese David Goodhart has been an important figure, in a variety of high-profile roles on the centre left of British politics for many years. His book’s main relevance is to current British politics, but…
