NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Paul McGowan worked as one of Australia’s leading international agricultural consultants, and has an intimate and thorough understanding of the issues associated with water policy. “Australia is the driest continent” This often repeated claim may be true on the basis of area; but this fact is of doubtful significance. Far more important is…
Evan Jones looks at a continuing legal case – a farmer taking a major bank to court – and sees in it a reminder of the unequal business relationships that exist across the country. In early February, KPMG Consulting produced a report for the Australian Bankers’ Association on small business banking. With the claim of…
JOHN GORTON: He Did It His Wayby Ian Hancock HodderRec. price: $50.00 Between Sir Robert Menzies and Mr John Howard the Liberal Party produced a series of Prime Ministers who will not be looked back on with pride. Holt, Gorton, McMahon and Fraser proved to fall far short in their capacities of what was required…
CANBERRA OBSERVED The Senate Inquiry into the “people overboard” affair, which commenced in Canberra last week, has documented what was apparent to many people at the time: that Defence Minister Peter Reith, acting on Departmental advice, persisted with claims that photos showed children were thrown overboard when this was untrue; but 76 children and a…