As the world marks the 25th birthday of the first “test tube” baby, scientists have identified a significant increase in the number of major and minor birth defects in children conceived by IVF technology. As Bill Muehlenberg explains, its seems human reproduction is more intricate and subtle than many IVF pioneers understood. Twenty five years…
Deputy Prime Minister and National Party leader John Anderson had one message to the millions of people who live outside the privileged coastal cities of Australia: “Trust us”. It is a big ask in anyone’s language and one from a party that at best has blurred the ideological lines between it and its long-time Coalition…
March 5 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest mass-murderers of all time – the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Probably as many Soviet people were killed during his reign of terror as perished during World War II at the hands of the Nazis. Yet many today still fail to…
Next month Freedom Publishing is releasing The Twilight of the Elites by Professor David Flint. As the following extract makes clear, the book deals with the ‘alternative’ agenda for Australia promoted by the so-called elite against the wishes of the electorate. John Howard remains the elite’s bête noire, his record support in the polls notwithstanding.…
Media stories have created a public perception that ethanol is damaging to car engines. Last December, the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story about a motorist who paid $746.90 in repairs to a damaged engine due to cheaper petrol being laced with ethanol. Subsequently, the mechanic who repaired the car told the paper’s Paul Sheehan…
The Federal Labor Caucus’ apparent desire to switch leaders well before the next election, possibly within weeks, will do little to fix one of the fundamental problems facing the party – denial. Recent reports suggest there could be a challenge against Crean within weeks, with Caucus members backgrounding journalists that Crean’s days in the top…