Table of Contents - 21 May 2005

• COVER STORY: CANBERRA OBSERVED: Costello's latest budget - do the figures add up?
• EDITORIAL: Australia's economy after the Budget (Peter Westmore)
• SCHOOLS: Our failure to provide good books for boys (Kevin Donnelly)
• DRUGS: How to crack down on illicit drugs (David Perrin)
• ABORTION: Public turning against late-term abortions (Richard Egan)
• IN VITRO FERTILISATION: Why Abbott is right about IVF funding (Bill Muehlenberg)
• TRADE: New Trade Theory challenges free trade (Colin Teese)
• SUPERMARKETS: Big retailers set to hit farmers even harder (Pat Byrne)
• COMMUNISM: Remembering the Vietnamese exodus (Dr Cuong Tran Bui)
• ENVIRONMENT: Kyoto Protocol unleashes the friendly atom (Peter Westmore)
• Support, don't abort (letter) (Dr David van Gend)
• Cheaper insurance for pro-lifers? (letter) (Robert Bom)
• Australia's trade woes (letter) (Brian Handley)
• Public inaction over illicit drugs (letter) (Geraldine Mullins)
• OBITUARY: Vale Hugh Slattery: tireless fighter (Carmel and Ben Hourigan)
• OBITUARY: Tribute to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Victor Sirl)
• THE SUPREMACISTS: The Tyranny of Judges and How To Stop It, by Phyllis Schlafly (Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer))
• THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: Athens, Sparta and the Struggle for Greece, by Nigel Bagnall (Michael E. Daniel (reviewer))
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