Issue No 4 - Summer 2005

Editorial
‘Whatever it Takes’ Howard has forsaken his principles to regain power, while ‘Working Class Hero’ Latham needs some new ones.
How To Make Your Vote Count
The results in three NSW electorates  prove the need for a box labelled ’None of the Above’ .
Election 2004 - The Aftermath
Davydd Williams deplores the big spending campaigns and analyses the ALP failure.
The Battle or Melbourne Ports
How the candidates competed: who would be the best Member for Israel?
Nationals Pyrrhic Victory
Alan Fitzgerald analyses the National’s performance and predicts further decline.
Saving Pacific Coconut Economies
Australia has become more involved and it is in the national interest to become even more so.
The French Connection
Time to openly engage on a frendly level with the French in the South Pacific.
2004 Fenner Conference on the Environment
The Australian Academy of Science invited all the top academics, journalists and spin doctors to a conference on the population-environment  nexus. A Government population policy is needed to establish a full debate in academia, in the media and among the public.
Flagging Enthusiasm
How our politically correct journalists (and public servants) have denigrated the Australian flag.
Spotlight on the Hill
Foxhunter trawls through Bill Clinton’s lengthy memoirs to find references to Australia. He finds selective amnesia in valedictory addresses.

Book Reviews:
Monash -  The Outsider Who Won  A War
Ever wondered why one of Australia’s leading universities is named Monash? Read this book about one of Australia’s greatest citizens.
Latham and Abbott
Are these the men who will shape Australia’s future? Michael Duffy thinks so.
Mark Latham - The Circuit Breaker
Don’t look for an objective study in this partisan book, but it fills in some facets of a complex personality.
Indonesia’s Secret War In Aceh
More on our near neighbour’s propensity to violence.
Virtual Nation - The Internet in Australia
An academic review of where we are at.

Letters To The Editor
Margit Alm disagrees with John O’Connor
Fred Weston wants us all to openly declare our political incorrectness
J. John on self-inflicted genocide.

The Inverell Forum
Each year in March you can listen to people say what the media won’t publish. 2005 coming up.