National Observer (Australia)
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The National Observer (formerly known as Australia and World Affairs) is a quarterly current-affairs and politics magazine in Australia
. It specializes in domestic and international politics, security-related challenges and issues of national cohesion.
The National Observer claims to be "not affected by contemporary political correctness
or prejudices", thereby allowing it to examine issues from the point of view of the long-term interests of Australians.
Contributors to National Observer have included many eminent commentators from both Australia and overseas, including Tony Abbott
, Nick Minchin
, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bill Hayden
, David Flint
, B.A. Santamaria, Mark Steyn
, Paul Gottfried
, Hugh Morgan
, Kenneth Minogue
, John Stone
, Hal G. P. Colebatch
, Max Teichmann
, R. J. Stove
, Geoffrey Partington, Melvin J. Lasky
, Kevin B. MacDonald
, and Brian Crozier
.
Until 2005 the magazine was edited by Ian Spry; from 2005 until early 2010 Philip Ayres
edited it. During Ayres's editorship (in 2009), the magazine ceased to appear in print form and moved to an exclusively web-based format. John Ballantyne is the current editor.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It specializes in domestic and international politics, security-related challenges and issues of national cohesion.
The National Observer claims to be "not affected by contemporary political correctness
Political correctness
Political correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,...
or prejudices", thereby allowing it to examine issues from the point of view of the long-term interests of Australians.
Contributors to National Observer have included many eminent commentators from both Australia and overseas, including Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott
Anthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
, Nick Minchin
Nick Minchin
Nicholas Hugh "Nick" Minchin is a former Australian politician, serving as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard Government....
, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bill Hayden
Bill Hayden
William George "Bill" Hayden AC was the 21st Governor-General of Australia. Prior to this, he represented the Australian Labor Party in parliament; he was a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam, and later became Leader of the Opposition, narrowly losing the 1980 federal election to the...
, David Flint
David Flint
Professor David Flint, AM, LLM , BSc , DSU is an Australian legal academic, known for his leadership of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and for his tenure as head of the Australian Broadcasting Authority.-Background:...
, B.A. Santamaria, Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn is a Canadian-born writer, conservative-leaning political commentator, and cultural critic. He has written five books, including America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It, a New York Times bestseller...
, Paul Gottfried
Paul Gottfried
Paul Edward Gottfried is Horace Raffensperger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and a Guggenheim recipient...
, Hugh Morgan
Hugh Morgan (Australian businessman)
Hugh Matheson Morgan AC, , an Australian businessman, is the son of former Western Mining Corporation CEO Bill Morgan, and was himself CEO of WMC from 1990 to 2003. He was also President of the Business Council of Australia from 2003 to 2005. The Howard Government appointed him to the board of the...
, Kenneth Minogue
Kenneth Minogue
Kenneth Robert Minogue is an Australian political theorist who is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics.-Biography:...
, John Stone
John Stone (Australian politician)
John Owen Stone is a former Australian politician. He served as Secretary to the Treasury between 1979 and 1984,and as a Senator for Queensland representing the National Party from 1987 to 1990.-Biography:John Stone was born in 1929...
, Hal G. P. Colebatch
Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch
Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch , also known as Hal G. P. Colebatch and Hal Colebatch is an Australian author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, and lawyer.-Personal history:...
, Max Teichmann
Max Teichmann
Max Edwin Teichmann was an Australian academic and political commentator. A former politics lecturer at Monash University, Teichmann was known for his independent views and trenchant criticisms of both the Left and the Right.-Early years:Born in Melbourne to a German-born father, also Max, and a...
, R. J. Stove
R. J. Stove
Robert James Stove is an Australian writer, editor, composer and organist.-Biography:Born in 1961 in Sydney, but later resident in Melbourne, Stove graduated from Sydney University in 1985...
, Geoffrey Partington, Melvin J. Lasky
Melvin J. Lasky
Melvin Jonah Lasky was an American journalist, intellectual, and member of the anti-Communist left. He was the older brother of the influential entertainment lawyer Floria Lasky and Joyce Lasky Reed, the President and founder of the Faberge Arts Foundation and former Director of European Affairs...
, Kevin B. MacDonald
Kevin B. MacDonald
Kevin B. MacDonald is a professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach, best known for his use of evolutionary psychology to inform his study of Judaism as being a "group evolutionary strategy."...
, and Brian Crozier
Brian Crozier
Brian Rossiter Crozier is a British-based historian, strategist and journalist.Crozier was born in Australia, although he was raised in France, learning French. Thereafter his family moved to England where he would receive a scholarship to study piano and musical composition at the Trinity College...
.
Until 2005 the magazine was edited by Ian Spry; from 2005 until early 2010 Philip Ayres
Philip Ayres
Philip Ayres may refer to:*Philip Ayres , English poet*Philip Burnard Ayres, British physician and botanist*Philip Burnard Chenery Ayres, British surgeon...
edited it. During Ayres's editorship (in 2009), the magazine ceased to appear in print form and moved to an exclusively web-based format. John Ballantyne is the current editor.