Table of Contents - 05 Nov 2005

• COVER STORY: CANBERRA OBSERVED: 'A dangerous moment for our democracy ...'
• EDITORIAL: 'Simpler, fairer' labour laws? You've got to be kidding! (Peter Westmore)
• SCHOOLS: Mathematics at mercy of trendy educators (Kevin Donnelly)
• INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Oil for food - or was it for a Mercedes? (Max Teichmann)
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE: WTO negotiations falter on trade liberalisation (Colin Teese)
• VICTORIA: Water bill spells disaster for farmers (Pat Byrne)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Too many bulls in the China shop? / Anti-corruption conference / Logging onto other people's forests / Report from (another) conference / Little social protection (Max Teichmann)
• ABORTION: Cutting Australia's abortion rate (David Perrin)
• EMBRYO EXPERIMENTATION: Government push to use super funds for embryo research (Ken Francis)
• WESTERN CIVILISATION: What conservatives should champion (Paul M. Weyrich)
• CINEMA: In Her Shoes: Is Hollywood finally tiring of sleaze? (Len Phillips)
• Maternity payment could make difference (letter) (Dr David van Gend)
• How democracies perish (letter) (Mark Braham)
• Justice for the worker (letter) (W.K. Allen)
• BOOKS: THE DEATH OF RIGHT AND WRONG: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values (Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer))
• BOOKS: THE INCREDIBLE DA VINCI CODE, by Frank Mobbs (John Ballantyne (reviewer))
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