In the United States, there is now a major controversy over a paper, published by two environmentalists, called The Death of Environmentalism, with the two authors being roundly condemned by many of their former associates. In their paper, authors Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus referred to “the hundreds of millions of dollars we have poured…
Children adopted from overseas should be taken into intact families in which both parents are married, says the Australian Family Association (AFA). The House of Representatives is currently conducting an inquiry into the laws governing adoption of children from overseas. In Australia, laws on adoption (including overseas adoption) are state matters, and are influenced by…
Australia and East Timor (Timor Leste) are locked in a conflict over the sea boundary beneath the Timor Sea, which could delay or even prevent the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field, which lies off the coast of East Timor. For East Timor, the issue is simple. As the poorest country in the region,…
The sudden resignation of China’s hand-picked Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa, reflects the effectiveness of the pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong over the past few years, coupled with China’s growing dissatisfaction with the man who was unable to effect an orderly transfer of power from British control to communist control. Under the terms…