The largest-ever international gathering of pro-family leaders, activists and thinkers, including representatives from Australia, took place in Mexico at the end of March, to address the challenges which face the intact family in the contemporary world. The World Congress of Families III was convened by the Howard Center, the pro-family think-tank led by Dr Allan…
China’s commitment to permit a democratic system to exist in Hong Kong will be put to the test in elections due to be held in Hong Kong next September. Under the terms of an agreement between Britain and China in 1990, Britain agreed to hand the colony back to China, on condition that the Communist…
Several years ago, the Federal Parliament voted decisively to overturn a Northern Territory law which permitted euthanasia – physician-assisted suicide. A separate, but equally important, issue is whether doctors should continue to treat patients who, as a result of a serious brain injury or conditions such as advanced dementia, are unable to communicate with others…
The Federal Government’s recently-introduced legislation to sell the government’s 51% stake in Telstra could hardly have come at a worse time. The monopoly telco had just been widely criticised for its $636 million deal to purchase the Trading Post Group. It had been called before the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to explain its…