In an address to the Defence Watch Seminar in Canberra on February 17, the Secretary of the Defence Department, Dr Allan Hawke, declared that despite the outstanding efforts by Australian service personnel in Timor, “there is widespread dissatisfaction with Defence’s performance in Canberra – from Ministers, central agencies within the public service, industry, and even…
America’s Real Warby Rabbi Daniel LapinMultnomah BooksRec. price: US$19.95 Rabbi Daniel Lapin’s book is a call to arms, addressed to the Jewish community in America, to recognise that the moral and ethical foundations of the United States are under attack by secular humanism, and to make common cause with Christians to resist the process. This…
Peter Westmore is National President of the National Civic Council To Australians, the events leading up to the removal of Indonesia’s Security Minister, former military chief General Wiranto, appear almost incomprehensible. During a lengthy visit to Europe, the new Indonesian President, Abdurahman Wahid, repeatedly asserted that following a Human Rights Commission investigation of Indonesian massacres…
The 20th Century was the era of massive population growth, with its attendant pressures on the world’s capacity to feed, clothe, educate and gainfully employ six billion people, demands on resources and the environment, and the inevitable social challenges arising from rapidly growing population. In contrast, the 21st Century is shaping up as the era…