Issue 2018 November 17
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SOCIETY UNDER THREAT The time is now for a real deal for the family
On October 12, 2018, Patrick J. Byrne, national president of the National Civic Council, spoke at an NCC dinner in Sydney. In that speech, Patrick outlined a strategy by which to renew the energies and courage of supporters to oppose head on the ascendant ideologies that seem to be pushing our society towards dissolution. Where the threats are, there are the…
POETRY
Suddenly Before The Wilton Diptych (For Carol Norton-Smith) Stand before Wisdom – find you have been led – Stay answered here, for passing drifts to naught; Marry this moment of blest stillness, brought To a high place of art, where angels tread. Faith, prayer and Heaven: peace in silence said – In breathless colours, gestures purely caught; Patterned, all longings and all…
LETTERS
Victorian election 2018 Voters in Melton now have a community-minded, ethical person to elect in the upcoming Victorian state election. Victor Bennett is a health-care professional of over 18 years. He sought out a political party that shared his ethical views. That party is the “LABOUR” Democratic Labour Party. As a health-care professional, Victor is a staunch defender of life. He works every…
HUMOUR A few more snippets from Forget’s Dictionary of Inaccurate Facts, Furphys and Falsehoods
Dairy: Farm building where cows record their innermost thoughts and feelings. Charles Dickens: Nom de guerre of Charles Dickens. Queen Elizabeth II: Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth I and Prince Ranier of Moscow. Charles de Gaulle: Proprietor of the Crazy Horse in Paris, understudy envelop licker to Her Majesty Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, and orange-boy to the Bombers football club in Melbourne.…
COVER STORY An election-winning policy: a development bank for Australia
Bill Shorten wants a development bank established to expand the infrastructure of the Pacific- island states. If either Scott Morrison or Mr Shorten announced a development bank to develop the Australian economy, he would romp home in the next federal election. Mr Shorten’s announcement last week comes after News Weekly has twice in the past six months called for a development bank to…
BOOK REVIEW The Great War, raw and uncensored
THE WESTERN FRONT DIARIES OF CHARLES BEAN edited by Peter Burness NewSouth, Sydney Hardcover: 640 pages Price: AUD$79.99 Reviewed by Anthony Staunton Charles Bean sailed to the Middle East in 1914 with the first Australian contingent as Australia’s official war correspondent and would later be appointed Australia’s official war historian. He wrote six of the 12 volumes of…
BOOK REVIEW Remnant hopes for post-Brexit Britain
WHERE WE ARE: The State of Britain Now by Roger Scruton Bloomsbury Continuum, London Hardcover: 256 pages Price: AUD$31.80 Reviewed by Brian Coman Roger Scruton must count as one of the most prolific writers in the modern-day conservative tradition. He has published over 50 books, on subjects as wide ranging as general philosophy, aesthetics, green ideology, music appreciation, religion and…
