AUSTRALIA’S SECRET WAR: How Unions Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II by Hal G.P. Colebatch (Sydney: Quadrant Books) Hardcover: 340 pages ISBN: 9780980677874 RRP: AUD$44.95 Reviewed by Patrick Morgan The Japanese threat to Australia in the 1940s was the most profound crisis our nation has faced. During that period a great scandal…
It’s a tricksy business, being a swashbuckler in the culture wars. Apart from duelling against the Other Side, one is constantly having to choose where best to engage the opposition in the competing planes of ideas and activities. This can be seen in my most recent articles. On the one hand, I stand by my…
Forget the cultural-left bias and PC group mentality of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. When it comes to a pervasive ideological commitment to the left, nothing beats Australia’s education establishment. One day after the Coalition’s victory Monash University’s David Zyngier, in a piece written for The Conversation, bemoans the fact that the Australian people have chosen…
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is one of the world’s great high-tech success stories. Starting from scratch in 1987, TSMC has come to dominate the market niche it created. Last year TSMC earned US$5.6 billion in net profits on turnover of US$17.1 billion. TSMC is a chip foundry. That is, it makes computer chips,…
