The National Civic Council (NCC) and the Australian Family Association (AFA) convened an important forum in Queensland on October 19, which addressed a number of key challenges in the state, including an anticipated bill to legalise euthanasia or assisted suicide.       From left: Christian Rowan MP,   MC Veronica Hayes and NCC national president Patrick Byrne.     The forum attracted…

Hal Colebatch There is nothing more comforting to an old teacher than to read praise from a former student, especially one of the stature of Hal Colebatch. When Hal arrived in my history and literature classes at Leederville Technical College in the early 1960s, he soon impressed as a scholar of deep perception. He understood Philip Sydney’s definition that the purpose of poetry…

“It is not the drought causing farmers to leave in droves, it’s governments taking 30 per cent of irrigation water under the new Murray Darling Basin water plan that is based on ‘erroneous’ science that is driving farmers out of business,” according to a long-time Murray River farmer. Neil Eagle is a farmer of over 60 years who was a member of the…

SUICIDE OF THE WEST: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy by Jonah Goldberg Crown Forum, New York Hardcover: 464 pages Price: AUD$56 Reviewed by Paul Collits Books on the decline of the West have been all the rage of late. But the heritage of the genre goes back much further. Indeed, there…

HAMEL 4TH JULY 1918: The Australian & American Triumph by John Hughes-Wilson Uniform Press, London Paperback: 160 pages Price: AUD$29.55 Reviewed by Anthony Staunton The Battle of Hamel on July 4, 1918, was a small battle lasting just 93 minutes that established the model for combined arms actions in conventional war. It was the first-time artillery, airpower, armour, deception and surprise worked together.…

Our taxpayer-funded national broadcaster, the ABC, has recently launched another intriguing survey about Australians’ attitudes, concerns and beliefs. There are two questions that provide some insight into the topic of unjust discrimination against religious Australians. Similar in scope to “Vote Compass”, the survey, “Australia Talks”, has collected some statistics worthy of mention. It is unclear whether the results published have been weighted for…