by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIA is no longer self-reliant, and its self-sufficiency is no longer a national ambition. We are surrounded by oceans and lack any capacity to ensure that the sea lanes, vital to our very existence, remain open. Electricity and…
by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIA needs a leader that can rattle the cage of complacency in which Australia is trapped. One who can shout “wake up! wake up Australia”. Wake up before you become the “white trash” of Asia, which was forecast…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – ISRAEL’S recent targeted attacks on Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies have been praised or condemned depending on political perspectives. But one factor seems to have universal acceptance by the Right and the woke Left. …
by ROGER CROOK – THERE is no doubt we are back in a federal election cycle – it’s all very depressing. The Prime Minister, however, is in his element, he has been in election mode since the day he won government. “Fighting…
by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIA is now inextricably tied to China. If for any reason trade between our two countries should be disrupted, Australia’s economy would rapidly deteriorate and China’s would not. In 1987 when President Ronald Reagan said “Mr Gorbachev tear…
