Table of Contents - 25 Oct 2008

• COVER STORY: CANBERRA OBSERVED: Kevin Rudd's desperate gamble
• EDITORIAL: Can Australia weather the storm? (Peter Westmore)
• NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Defending Australia's independence (Patrick J. Byrne)
• CHINA: Milk contamination scandal: tip of the iceberg (Peter Westmore)
• NEW ZEALAND: November 8 election: Helen Clark's last hurrah? (Bernard Moran)
• FAMILY: Will paid maternity leave help mothers? (Bill Muehlenberg)
• VICTORIA: Behind Victoria's radical new abortion law (Peter Westmore)
• ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Can the US adjust to changing world realities? (Colin Teese)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Barbarossa II / Our friends (Max Teichmann)
• EDUCATION: When the wrong answer is 'right' (Mark Lopez)
• SCHOOLS: Minister Gillard backs faulty ranking system (Kevin Donnelly)
• SRI LANKA: Plight of persecuted Tamils worsens (Dr John Whitehall)
• TAIWAN: Ball in Beijing's court for Taiwan's WHO entry (Jeffry Babb)
• EUROPE: Germany backs Russia against Georgia, Ukraine (Joseph Poprzeczny)
• AS THE WORLD TURNS: Health and safety obsessions stifle childhood (Sue Palmer)
• BOOKS: BLUE PLANET IN GREEN SHACKLES: What is Endangered: Climate or Freedom? by Vaclav Klaus (Siobhan Reeves (reviewer))
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