Laurie Short waged a protracted and bitter fight to topple Communist power in Australia’s trade union movement, writes Peter Westmore. Laurie Short(1915-2009) Laurie Short, for many years one of Australia’s leading trade union officials, died on March 26 at the age of 93. His life closely intersected that of B.A. (Bob) Santamaria, as well as…
At least one country has devised a credible strategy to cope with the global economic downturn. The world faces a 30 per cent chance of going into a depression lasting five or more years. This is the alarming conclusion of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) about where the global economic crisis is heading. Its recent…
A prominent American earth scientist has concluded that the recent global warming cycle is over. Peter Westmore reports. The Earth passed its global warming peak some years ago and is now in a 30-year cooling phase, a prominent American earth scientist, Emeritus Professor Don Easterbrook, has concluded. Professor Easterbrook’s findings were published by the Center…
A South African tragedy JOURNEY TO ETERNITY: Victim of Apartheid: a novelby Eric Carman(Melbourne: Hewstone Books)Paperback: 232 pagesRec. Price: $24.95Available from Hewstone Books, 67/211 Wellington Pde South, East Melbourne, Vic. 3002. Professor Carman’s novel is set in apartheid-era South Africa, in the dying years of the Afrikaaner regime. The author’s 10 years spent working in…
