What simmering troubles ultimately led to the failed assassination attempts on East Timor’s president and prime minister? What national problems must the Dili government now address? The attempted assassination of East Timor’s President, José Ramos Horta, and Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, by the former army officer, Major Alfredo Reinado, shocked and appalled Australians who expected…
Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001, on the condition that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would improve its appalling human rights record. Human rights in China, however, have sharply deteriorated in the run-up to the Games, as Peter Westmore recently reported in a speech before an…
What do each of the White House contenders stand for? With results from the America’s Super Tuesday Primaries coming in as News Weekly goes to press, it seems that John McCain will win the Republican Party’s nomination for President, while the Democrats remain deeply divided between the left-liberal Afro-American, Barack Obama, and the radical feminist,…
Australia, if it wanted to, could build a substantial car manufacturing industry, boost car exports and cut our soaring import bill. The closure of the Mitsubishi car manufacturing operation in South Australia has been threatened for years, but the decision to wind down the local manufacturing operation is a shock for Australia, and represents a…