THE SECOND WORLD WARS: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis HansonBasic Books, NYHardcover: 752 pagesPrice: AUD$60.75 Reviewed by Anthony Staunton The Second World Wars is by Victor Davis Hanson, an American classicist, historian, farmer and columnist on modern and ancient warfare. He has more than 20 books to his…
by Peter Westmore Giving evidence on September 25 before the Victorian Government-appointed inquiry into the state’s hotel quarantine debacle, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared that he knew nothing about who authorised the use of private security guards at quarantine hotels, and said that the Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, was responsible. Private security guards were responsible…
by Terri M. Kelleher Upper-house MP Fiona Patten of the Reason Party (formerly Sex Party) recently introduced her Education and Training Amendment (School Employment) Bill into the Victorian Parliament. Ms Patten claims her Bill is to prevent religious discrimination in the engagement of chaplains in Victorian government schools. She says that a person has to…
by Patrick J. Byrne Epidemiologists study the incidence, distribution and possible control of diseases. They find a good measure of covid19 deaths is to count “excess deaths”: that is the number of deaths this year compared with the average of deaths over the same period (say, January to August) in the past four years. While…
