Table of Contents - 18 Apr 2009

• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Ex-Treasury chief slams Government and Opposition
• NATIONAL AFFAIRS: China's Rio bid: Australia's independence at stake (Patrick J. Byrne)
• EDITORIAL: G20 summit: end of the "Washington Consensus"? (Peter Westmore)
• GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: Can US dollar remain world's reserve currency? (Colin Teese)
• OPINION: Time to put outlaw bikie-gangs out of business (John Ballantyne)
• UNITED STATES: Republican Party in dire need of a leader (Joseph Poprzeczny)
• INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Finding the resolve to wage a titanic struggle (John Miller)
• FAMILY POLICY: Promoting family-centred child-care (Dr Allan Carlson)
• MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Swedish social laboratory's disastrous legacy (Bill Muehlenberg)
• HUMAN CLONING: SA parliamentarians misled by false science (Dr David van Gend)
• PORNOGRAPHY: American feminist warns of long-term damage from porn (Naomi Wolf)
• SCHOOLS: Teachers powerless to deal with unruly students (Dr Kevin Donnelly)
• OBITUARY: Laurie Short: an Australian hero (1915-2009) (Peter Westmore)
• AS THE WORLD TURNS: Regulation no longer a dirty word / Great orator Obama? / Jimmy Carter II?
• Tribute to Laurie Short (letter) (Alan A. Hoysted)
• Liberal predicament (letter) (Greg Byrne)
• CINEMA: The emptiness of a loveless life - Elegy (Len Phillips (reviewer))
• BOOKS: SAMUEL JOHNSON: A Biography, by Peter Martin (Bill James (reviewer))
• BOOKS: SOLAR CYCLE 24, by David Archibald (Peter Westmore (reviewer))
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