The Australian Conservative News

Friday, 24 Sept, 2010
No carbon mandate
After campaigning on a promise of no carbon price, Julia Gillard says Australia may get a carbon price after all. Oh, and any other promises she made should also be treated as definitively non-core. The Spectator Australia editorial. Read more.

Time to stop pursuing euthanasia ‘ideology of death’, ACL says
Wednesday night’s resounding defeat of a bill to legalise euthanasia in Western Australia by 24 votes to 11 marks the fourth time a fully-constituted State parliament has carefully considered and then thrown out a euthanasia bill in the last two years. Read more.


Fair and balanced
During the 1975 constitutional stand-off, News Limited was so biased in its political coverage that Bill Hayden joked to Gough Whitlam: if the dismissed Labor prime minister had walked across Lake Burley Griffin, the Australian’s headline would have been ‘Gough can’t swim’. The Spectator Australia editorial. Read more.


Burqa as an expression of contempt for Western society
A debate about banning the burqa raged on SBS Insight on Monday night. The issues of freedom of choice and “women’s rights” were recurring themes that sidetracked the discussion from what are the more important aspects of this debate. Read more.


European voters rejecting multiculturalism
Ben-Peter Terpstra finds that the BBC appears distressed as it records the rising tide of bad news for Islamic fundamentalists. Read more.


Kenyan Christians abducted, tortured and raped
Six Christian missionaries have been found alive but traumatised after suffering three days of unimaginable torture in Kenya. Read more.


Advice for the Opposition – three views
Ben-Peter Terpstra asks Jai Martinkovits, John Humphreys and Alex Butterworth, “What would you advise the Opposition to do next?” Read more.


WHAT'S ON ...


• Special Offer for Australian Conservative readers who would like to attend the Pacific Rim Policy Exchange Conference in Sydney 28-30 September.
• Meet Mary Kissell, WSJ Asia editorials peg editor, at The Sydney Institute.
• Bob Carter Book Launch: Climate: The Counter-Consensus with the Hon Rodney Hide.
• The Sun Rises in the West – Perth conference.