National Observer - Australia and World Affairs articles from September 2007

National Observer - Australia and World Affairs archives from September 2007

Editorial comment.(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... AUSTRALIA'S VERSION OF "NEW LABOR" The more one learns about Mr Kevin Rudd the less recognisable he seems as a Labor leader, While constantly criticising (with some justification, it should be said) the industrial-relations policies of the...

Secret Saudi funding of radical Islamic groups in Australia.(Saudi Arabia)
September 22, 2007... Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, it has become clear that there has been a seismic shift in the structure of global Islam, and from this situation is emerging an "age of sacred Terror", (1) in which "a new type of terrorism threatens the...

"Global warming" scare-mongering revisited.
September 22, 2007... In the last issue of National Observer, I wrote on "global warming" scare-mongering. (1) At several points, I had to employ phrases such as "at the time of writing" because events were changing fast. (2) There have since been several important...

The High Court's workplaces decision: implications for our federal system.
September 22, 2007... THE FUTURE OF THE FEDERATION "We need a new vision splendid," argued Australian Democrat Senator Andrew Murray recently. He said that our political and social contract is under serious strain, and not just because the Commonwealth has the...

Australia's apathy in the face of worsening terrorist threats.
September 22, 2007... Over the past couple of years, I have been more emotionally engaged with Anzac Day and Remembrance Day than ever before. Some would no doubt say that it is an artefact of growing old, but I can remember when the World War II veterans marched...

Pakistan: Islam, radicalism and the army.
September 22, 2007... Pakistan's current political and societal profile is shaped by the cultural and historical influences of the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia as well as the British colonial legacy and the nation- and state-building challenges of the...

The marriage power: constitutional issues.(LEGAL NOTES)
September 22, 2007... When Australia became a nation on 1 January 1901, it also became a federation. The federal system then created by the Constitution divides power between the Commonwealth and the States. Under this system, the task of the High Court is to ensure...

The Essential Russell Kirk.(The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... THE ESSENTIAL RUSSELL KIRK: Selected Essays By Russell Kirk Edited by George A. Panichas (Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2007). Hardback/paperback: 640 pages. Reviewed by R.J. Stove The case of Russell Amos Kirk...