Table of Contents - 05 Aug 2006

• COVER STORY: Top manufacturer slams free trade 'fantasy' (Peter Westmore)
• EDITORIAL: Whom the gods wish to destroy (Peter Westmore)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Nelson turns blind eye to neglected defences
• PRIMARY PRODUCTION: Australian Government cutting farmers adrift (Colin Teese)
• QUARANTINE: Can we ensure zero risk on trade? (Pat Byrne)
• QUEENSLAND: Afraid of uttering the dreaded 'D' word (Ron Munn and John Morrissey)
• OPINION: Pregnancy counselling services under threat (Charles Francis QC)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Israel and Hezbollah / Still call Australia home? / Night thoughts / Victoria and the pokies (Max Teichmann)
• OPINION: Robert Manne, the intellectual hero (Bill James)
• HISTORY: Knowing history and knowing who we are (David McCullough)
• INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: China and Japan - partners or rivals? (Sharif Shuja)
• TAIWAN: Taiwan President rocked by scandals (Jeffry Babb)
• Government the problem, not the solution (letter) (Reg Brownell)
• Britain's home-grown terrorists (letter) (Alan W. Creek)
• Parties under siege from radical feminists (letter) (Robert Bom)
• THE MARKETING OF EVIL: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised as Freedom, by David Kupelian (Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer))
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