National Observer - Australia and World Affairs articles from April 2004

National Observer - Australia and World Affairs archives from April 2004

Double standards in "anti-racism".(Editorial Comment)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... One of the most disturbing recent developments in the Western democracies has been the arising of a selective and vociferous "anti-racism" lobby. Certainly one race should not persecute another. But the new "anti-racism" is not concerned...

The Redfern riots: multiculturalism at work.
April 1, 2004... On 15 February 2004 Australians were surprised and dismayed to learn of racial riots in Redfern, Sydney. It was reported: "At least forty police were injured--some with broken limbs--when up to 150 rioters converged on the area known as The...

Mr. Malcolm Turnbull and Mr. Peter Costello.
April 1, 2004... Mr. Malcolm Turnbull has obtained pre-selection for a safe Liberal Party-held Sydney seat, and will almost certainly be a member of the House of Representatives after the Federal election later this year. Mr. Turnbull is a highly-motivated...

The implications of President Hu's visit to Australia.
April 1, 2004... Now that definite moves are being made, especially in Western Australia, to establish commercial links between China and Australia, it is apt to make an analytical appraisal of China's policies which were enunciated by President Hu on his visit...

Manning Clark and Judah Waten.
April 1, 2004... Manning Clark House, devoted to perpetuating the memory of Manning Clark, Professor of History at the A.N.U., holder of the Companionship of the Order of Australia and the Lenin Jubilee Medal, has published on the Internet an extract from an...

Why the Prime Minister is right on state school values.
April 1, 2004... Early this year Prime Minister John Howard stirred up a hornet's nest of indignation when he made various comments about the trend towards private education. He said the reason more and more parents are sending their children to private and...

The chattering class and Australian social cohesion.
April 1, 2004... The concept of a "knowledge class" based on technical, scientific and administrative expertise located in a knowledge based society has been developed by social theorists since the 1970s. They refer to a "new class" of symbol manipulators and...

Two Chief Justices: Sir Owen Dixon's view of Sir John Latham.(Legal Notes)(Biography)
April 1, 2004... It is remarkable that there is no book-length biography of Sir John Latham, whose contribution to Australian politics and law was so substantial. The Latham Papers at the National Library are available to anyone who asks to see them. They cover...

Mussolini: a New Life.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... MUSSOLINI: A NEW LIFE by Nicholas Farrell London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003, pp. 533. The hero of that minor movie classic Groundhog Day may have resented needing to endure the same twenty-four hours again and again, but others view such...

Daniel Mannix: Wit and Wisdom.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... DANIEL MANNIX: WIT AND WISDOM By Michael Gilchrist Melbourne: Freedom Publishing (582 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, 3051), 2004, pages 270 and index. This biography of Archbiship Mannix by Michael Gilchrist (who is the editor of...