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BOOK REVIEW The main driver of our foreign policy

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKS, Uncategorized

FEAR OF ABANDONMENT: Australia in the World since 1942 by Allan Gyngell Black Inc, Carlton Paperback: 352 pages Price: AUD$34.99 Reviewed by Chris Rule In the introduction to his book, Fear of abandonment: Australia in the world since 1942, Allan Gyngell says that Australian foreign policy is the subject of this book. However, he goes on to say that it is neither “a history of people-to-people relations”, nor “a diplomatic history”. Rather it is more about the “bridge”, that is, the policymakers – the prime ministers and external affairs/foreign affairs ministers, and…

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CANBERRA OBSERVED Lee Rhiannon: too Bolshie or not Bolshie enough?

POLITICS

At least with Lee Rhiannon, you pretty much knew what you were getting. The long-time Greens Senator from New South Wales, who has announced she will retire in mid-August after months of bitter infighting in the party, was an old-fashioned, unreconstructed Communist, indeed, perhaps the last of her kind in the Federal Parliament. Personable and well liked among senators from all sides of politics, Rhiannon has at least been consistent during her long political career that included 11 years in the NSW Legislative Council and being a federal senator since 2011. But the ever-morphing Greens, with its warring factions, described…

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WA RALLY FOR LIFE 3300 crosses in Perth poignant reminders of abortions

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Over one thousand pro-life campaigners laid out 3300 crosses at the annual Rally for Life in Perth on May 26, each cross representing 50 of the abortions that have occurred in Western Australia since abortion was legalised 20 years ago. That equates to 165,000 aborted children in WA since May 26, 1998. …

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The Greens: the political equivalent of bilgewater

COVER STORY, POLITICS

The Australian Greens’ federal party platform needs close scrutiny, especially when outlandish claims and radical ideology form the basis of some truly bizarre policies. Virtue signalling features largely in the Greens’ election platform, for example, “tackling catastrophic global warming”. They plan to “achieve net zero pollution by 2040” with a “Solar Ombudsman” enforcing a “right to solar” for renters, “ensuring that a landlord cannot unreasonably refuse”. They envisage “rooftop solar for every home, school and business …, our cities with solar panels on every car park and supermarket roof”, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. How…

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Two to tango: Where to now for U.S. and China?

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Uncategorized

More Western commentators are beginning to think seriously about China. However, thus far, not nearly enough has been heard from the most powerful and influential of them. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Edmund Burke Some in the United States may think that such discussion will fall upon deaf ears within the administration of Donald Trump. Perhaps so, but further delaying that discussion will likely harm Western and indeed global interests. In thinking about China it is, of course, necessary to take note of the advice of Edmund Burke quoted above; but equally important is to…

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Sydney Archdiocese aims to eliminate slavery in supply chain

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

In an effort to curb modern slavery and human trafficking, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney set up an Anti-Slavery Taskforce at the behest of the Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP. The Taskforce’s report, released in February 2018, was compiled by the Taskforce executive, comprised of John McCarthy QC and Katherine Moloney. The report’s foreword cites Pope Francis: “[modern slavery is] an open wound on … contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.”[1] The purpose of the Taskforce was to identify and eradicate from the supply chain of products, services and investments…

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