THE SIEGE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA CONTINUES

As a background to the Lusaka conference of heads of what is now called "the Commonwealth", it should be recalled what was agreed to at the Hilton Hotel Conference of those Commonwealth heads who accepted Prime Minister Fraser's invitation to meet in Sydney in February of last year, 1978.
Section 14 of the official communiqué, issued on February 16, read "Reviewing the situation in Southern Africa, Heads of Government reiterated their concerns and commitments expressed in London in June, 1977 (at the Commonwealth Conference) "Condemning the racist system of apartheid in South Africa they have once again called on the international community to take effective measures to compel South Africa to bring about majority rule. "They welcomed the recent talks held in Malta on Zimbabwe in the context of the Anglo-American proposals, and stressed their belief that any solution from which the Patriotic Front was excluded would be unacceptable to the international community."

The Hilton Hotel agreement made it clear that the Fraser Government is committed to the use of compulsion to force South Africa to "bring about majority rule" and to the inclusion of the Marxist backed Patriotic Front in the Government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. The same Prime Minister who waxes eloquent on the evils of racism demonstrates on the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian issue that he is prepared to support the black racists who at the time of writing are meeting in Lusaka. These racists are insisting that, even though a black government has been elected in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, that government is unacceptable to them because it insists that it requires the white minority to stay in the country.
The black racists and their principal supporter, Prime Minister Fraser, are breathtaking with their hypocrisy: they have no objection to black minority governments. And not a word of criticism against the violent and savage methods of repression used by some of these governments.

On his way to the Lusaka conference, travelling in one of his two V.I.P. Boeing 707s, Prime Minister Fraser dropped in at the Seychelles, currently run by President Rene, who was elected as President last month under a new constitution which conveniently permits only Rene's party to contest "elections". At the 1977 London Commonwealth Conference, where Prime Minister Fraser made headlines with his revolting attacks upon Rhodesia and South Africa, the newly independent Seychelles was initially represented by James Mancham. But in the middle of the conference his Government was overthrown in a coup by pro-Communist France Albert Rene.
Prime Minister Fraser and his fellow advocates of "majority rule" for South Africa and Rhodesia raised no objections to what happened in the Seychelles. In fact, if press reports are correct, the Fraser Government is going to provide pro-Communist Rene with some aid at the expense of the Australian taxpayers.

As for the Anglo-American proposals for Rhodesia supported by Prime Minister Fraser and his Foreign Minister, Andrew Peacock, at the Hilton Hotel conference, these were immediately denounced by the Patriotic Front leaders, Nkomo and Mugabe, who demanded the creation of a single party Marxist regime. Time and time again these two terrorist leaders have made it clear that they will not accept any proposals to participate peacefully in Zimbabwe-Rhodesian affairs unless the present police and armed forces are disbanded and brought under Patriotic Front control. Only the armed forces and the police mainly under white direction, but with the majority of members black, stand between the bloodbath, which Nkomo and Mugabe threaten.

By aiding and abetting those seeking to weaken the last thin line of resistance to the Marxist strategy for Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, Malcolm John Fraser must go down as the most treacherous and hypocritical Prime Minister Australians have ever had to suffer. In their own interests, as well as those of Australia, the Liberal Party should replace Malcolm Fraser with a patriotic Australian who is prepared to challenge the domestic and foreign policies, which have produced the present deepening crisis.

QUEENSLAND NATIONAL PARTY UPSETS CHRISTIANS

The following are extracts from a report from a special Queensland correspondent:
"Greatest shock to Queensland's fighting crusaders for community standards has been the violent support by National Party president (Sir Robert Sparkes) for the adoption of the notorious humanist-socialist sex-education programme for Queensland public schools. The emotional Sir Robert put his case at a critical moment in debate at the party's annual State conference in Bundaberg, and is now being touted by the media - no friend of the National Party - as being 'progressive' and responsible for pushing through a favourable sex-ed vote to set up a committee to promote the discredited concept.

"Sir Robert's outburst verged on blasphemy when he invoked God's name in demanding the Party back sex-education to prevent the Party being branded as one of wowsers and narrow minded puritans.
"Sir Robert forgot to inform the conference that the God he invoked rejects baby murder, immorality, permissiveness, divorce, homosexuality deceiving children and breaking of the Commandments - all sins promoted in plague proportions where ever sex-ed has caught hold of immature minds of children.

"Critics accused Sir Robert of dictatorial tactics and narrow minded bigotry towards community standards by dictating arrogantly to other people's children, and driving a wedge between parents and the school.
"Thus ends a quiet campaign begun in 1971 by the Queensland Teachers' Union executive, and a cross section of Left and extreme Left organisations, to infiltrate sex-ed into the schools system as urged by America's sinister SIECUS lobby - a body with known communist activators.

"Defenders of community standards were caught unprepared by the sudden onslaught initiated by the parliament's Select Committee on Education, which now appears to have bent totally before the winds blowing strongly from the entrenched, but socialistically oriented, Queensland educational bureaucracy and its bedmate, the Leftwing Q.T.U. executive."

Our correspondent concludes his report by observing that "The abortion industry is a big business, profiteering and trading in murdered children promiscuity and immorality. What strange bed fellows the National Party has attracted at Bundaberg!"

BRIEF COMMENTS

As Prime Minister Fraser personally entered the Tasmanian election campaign, attempting to justify his Government's policies, and as Tasmanian Premier Lowe called the early election to permit the electors primarily to express their views on the Fraser Government, the Federal Liberal party must face the reality that their electoral stocks continue to sag. The Tasmanian vote may force a change of approach to a possible early Federal election. But failing a change of leader and of policies, the Coalition Government is moving closer to defeat with every day that passes. The open Liberal Party attack on its National Party colleagues in Queensland and Victoria can only make Mr. Hayden's task a little easier. Our considered opinion is that the Coalition is now reaching the point of no return.

Mr. Phillip Lynch told the Victorian Liberal Party conference last weekend that the Fraser Government might have been "too optimistic" concerning its anti-inflation policy. This was a smooth way of admitting that the Fraser Government's anti-inflation strategy was in tatters, as witnessed by the 2.7 per cent increase in the C.P.I. for the June quarter. Federal Treasurer John Howard reacted pathetically by stating that the Government would "redouble its efforts" to control inflation. But at the same time he said there would be no change in the policy of pricing oil at world parity. Higher oil prices must continue to help maintain inflation at a high level.
It is mathematically impossible for the Fraser Government to force prices down under present financial policies without creating an even higher rate of business bankruptcies and unemployment.
A constructive programme is outlined in Eric Butler's booklet, "A Programme for Reversing Inflation". Price 75 cents posted. An excellent booklet to hand to friends now beginning to realise that the Fraser Government has been a disastrous failure.

Mr. Bob Hawke provided chilling evidence of his totalitarian philosophy when, in launching Michael Sexton's book, "Illusions of Power" last week, he threatened that a future Labor Government should "reform" the High Court. He said that for too long "reform governments" had "accepted a situation where the High Court of Australia can make decisions catastrophic to the welfare of this country." The primary task of the High Court is to interpret the Federal Constitution. That Constitution provides the only remaining protection the Australian people have against a complete takeover by a Canberra Big Brother.