Recently added articles from National Observer - Australia and World Affairs:
Editorial comment.(Australia orders additional military equipment)(Peter Costello's retirement)(cultural heritage remembering for the youth)(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2009; Ayres, Philip ... Strong defence budgets: good for all regional powers Reacting unofficially to the Rudd Government's new defence plans, Chinese military strategist Rear Admiral Yang Yi initially called them "stupid", "crazy", and anti-China; but official Chinese reaction has been positive, ...
Defective analysis and the "Never Never Budget".(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2009; Stone, John ... On 27-28 March, 2009, the H.R. Nicholls Society (1) held a conference in Melbourne under the general theme, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair". What follows, initially, is the text of my address to the opening dinner on 27 March. (2) In it I analysed the origins of our present economic ...
Coral Sea marine protected areas: our gift to Asian fishermen.
Sep 22, 2009; Starck, Walter ... Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a current fad in marine resource management. Where renewable resources are over-exploited, some form of restriction is desirable. MPAs are but one of a range of restrictive measures that may be employed. Whether they offer any advantage or disadvantage to ...
Asia's future and Australia's missed opportunities.(Essay)
Sep 22, 2009; Reed, Warren ... Understanding our region After half a century of concerted Asian studies in this country, little that is factual is yet lodged firmly in the consciousness of the average Australian. As our level of dependence on the region increases dramatically, it is a great irony that we are ...
"Live free or die!".(freedom and state)(Reprint)(Speech)
Sep 22, 2009; Steyn, Mark ... My remarks here are titled after the words of General John Stark, New Hampshire's great hero of the Revolutionary War: "Live free or die!" When I first moved to New Hampshire, where this appears on our licence plates, I assumed General Stark had said it before some battle or other--a bit ...
B.A. Santamaria's contribution to Australia's culture wars.(Essay)
Sep 22, 2009; Moens, Gabriel A. ... I propose to comment upon the history of the Movement led by Mr B.A. "Bob" Santamaria (1915-1998) and the leadership it has provided in Australia for nearly seven decades. In doing so, I should like to remind my listeners * that I am not necessarily the most suitably qualified person to ...
The problem of work-related tax deductions.(Essay)
Sep 22, 2009; Sullivan, Lucy ... Forty years ago, the majority of Australians completed their tax return forms themselves, with the help of a four-page brochure of instructions. Since the introduction of the "plain English" 100+ page volume of guidelines in the late 1980s, and despite supposedly higher levels of ...
Turning realities of school assessment to students' advantage.(The Little Black School Book, vol. 2 (Exams))(Excerpt)
Sep 22, 2009; Lopez, Mark ... Most students hope for fair, rational, objective and accurate assessment for every paper they submit. However, to succeed continually in the education system, students need to adopt a more realistic understanding of what happens in it and then take the necessary steps to succeed in the ...
THE PEOPLE'S ARTIST: Prokofiev's Soviet Years.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2009; Stove, R.J. ... THE PEOPLE'S ARTIST: Prokofiev's Soviet Years by Simon Morrison (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) Hardcover: 512 pages and index RRP: $US29.95 Till scarcely more than a decade ago, Sergei Sergeievich Prokofiev seemed stuck ...
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, (rated MA+, with English subtitles).(Movie review)
Sep 22, 2009; James, Bill ... Forty years ago, on 4 July 1969, I participated in an anti-Vietnam protest. As we marched south down Melbourne's Swanston Street, activists filtered back through our ranks and told us to sit down on the road at Flinders St. Such an action effectively blocked the city's busiest ...
