Economic pressures are a major factor behind falling fertility. Colin Teese describes how radical free-market economics are destructive to family life and force couples to have fewer children. The continued existence of some nations is now at risk due to a decline in fertility, according to a recent observation by the United Nations’ chief demographer.…
Sir, Australians have much to fear from Mark Latham and his erratic behaviour. His anti-American rhetoric and his policy to pull the Australian troops out of Iraq before Christmas are disastrous. The troops pull-out will be a massive blow to the Alliance and the United Nations who are in Iraq to further the cause of…
Melbourne and Sydney have been subject to drug wars as criminal elements fight over the illicit drug market. Cabramatta in Sydney has seen ethnic elements fight for a share of the lucrative drug market that has been propped up by the drug maintenance policies of successive governments. But in Melbourne at the present time the…
The latest international talkfest on family-related issues was the 48th Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women: 1-12 March, 2004. It turned out as expected – a lengthy, over-represented, expensive United Nations forum. Australia was represented by one ambassador, one senior public servant, Prue Goward (Sex Discrimination Commissioner), four other public servants and…
The reappearance of the SARS virus in China late last month focusses attention on whether politics is preventing an international response to the epidemic. Jeff Babb reports. Soon, Taiwan will once again attempt to gain entry to the World Health Organisation – not as a sovereign nation, but as an observer, or “health entity”. The…
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…