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…
The annual March for the Babies, held each year close to the anniversary of the passing of the 2008 Victorian abortion law, one of the worst in the Western world, took place this year on October 12. Victoria’s abortion law allows abortion up to the very moment preceding birth, and tramples the conscience rights of health professionals who wish to have nothing to do with the taking of innocent human lives just as the buds are about the blossom. This year it was largely incident free, although there was a small number of counter-marchers, whose messages, were it not for…
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 was another book called Suicide of the West, written by James Burnham, first published in 1964, and re-released in 2014 with a foreword by National Review’s John O’Sullivan and an introduction by New Criterion’s Roger Kimball. We could go back…
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. This British-published work credits Australian battalions and U.S. Army companies supported by British tanks in achieving a “dramatic turning point in the First World War”. The operation was mounted by the Australian Corps and was the first…
