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Australia''s connection to the British Monarchy is instinctive to many Australians. But a great deal of us don''t know precisely how or why. Part history, part biography and part common sense, this compact and readable essay from Sean Jacobs offers a ''modern upgrade'' to our understanding and appreciation of Australia''s monarchy, covering ground on Australian leadership, culture, foreign policy and even Queen Elizabeth''s appeal to the traditions of Indigenous cultures. At a time when republican designs are emerging, and Queen Elizabeth''s reign enters the eighth decade, Thoroughly Modern Patriot offers a practical and sensible look at our current arrangements, and how these can continue to serve Australia well into the future.Sean Jacobs is a Papua New Guinean-born Australian writer, government relations and public policy specialist. He has worked at all levels of government in Australia, New Zealand and PNG, and holds a BA (International Relations) from Griffith University and Postgraduate Certificate in Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism from Macquarie University. Jacobs currently lives in Brisbane.

What does Australia look like to a complete newcomer? What are Australia''s people like - nice or naughty, friendly or hostile, generous or stingy? What are Australia''s social and cultural norms, and what are her politics? Almost three decades ago Christo Moskovsky was this complete newcomer and since then he has been trying to answer questions like these. This book contains Christo''s impressions, observations and insights generated over the course of his Australian journey, as well as a broader commentary on social, cultural and political aspects of life in Australia. It is specifically Christo''s pre-Australian life experience which affords him a unique vantage point and a greater capacity to appreciate the true greatness of Australia. This book is a portrait of Australia painted by a first-generation immigrant offering a perspective that we do not commonly see in Australia''s public discourse.Christo Moskovsky was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria''s capital. In 1993, when Christo was in his mid-30s, he and his family moved to Australia and started a new life here. Christo has recently retired from the University of Newcastle after a 25-year tenure as a linguistics lecturer. He''s been a keen observer of Australian politics and public affairs.

This is the first biography of Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Liberal Senator from Victoria from 1971 to 1987, who quickly rose to become Minister for Social Security and then Minister for Finance in the Fraser Coalition Government. Margaret Guilfoyle had the distinction of being the first woman to hold a cabinet-level ministerial portfolio in Australia. She was regarded as an outstanding minister - highly competent, reformist, and trustworthy. That she served as a senior minister for the duration of the Fraser Government testifies to this. In addition, Margaret Guilfoyle did much to increase women''s participation and representation in Australian politics through her own outstanding example, and active roles in various forums across the political divide.Anne Henderson is deputy director of the Sydney Institute and has been a major contributor to promoting the study of Australian politics through her many publications. Among her books of note are Enid Lyons: Leading Lady To A Nation; Joseph Lyons - The People''s Prime Minister; Menzies at War (short listed for the 2015 Prime Minister''s Award for Australian History); and Federation''s Man of Letters - Patrick McMahon Glynn.

Tony Thomas''s new essays pulverise "woke" causes including climate doomism; the Aboriginal industry; and the ABC''s bias.While society goes mad with political correctness, Tony gives sanity and laughter a chance. He probes the outer reaches of woke-ism for absurdities beyond satire.Who else but Tony would record that Melbourne University''s green brigade imported a guest expert on "tree humping"?Tony also focuses on great Aboriginal questions of the day, like "Who gets to be an Elder?" Can you be a younger Elder and why are 80% of Elders worried about other Elders'' bona fides? As for who gets to be an Aborigine, one of 85,000 recent "new identifiers" discovered her Aboriginality by talking to her chooks.Tony is not just a political tragic. In wide-ranging essays he writes about Australia''s greatest spy - a persuasive middle-aged housewife in Adelaide with baby-blue eyes. He writes how at 20 he was taught German by a literary scholar who then was sentenced to hang for murder. And he describes how 5000 Perth citizens armed with pistols, rifles and shotguns went on a man-hunt in a pine plantation in 1963 -- with police approval.Tony gives you a feast of far-fetched facts, and as always, it''s with a sly smile.I have known Tony for over 40 years. These essays reflect his meticulous research, attention to detail and, above all, his passionate condemnation of all the lies, hypocrisy, smugness and groupthink that demean our public policy debate.-- John Stone, Federal Treasury Secretary 1979-84, National Party Senator 1987-90:Some authors proffer mindfulness, a calming and sombre page or two from which to fall quietly into slumber. If you''re looking for such inert writing, drop this volume like a hot cake. For here the indefatigable Tony Thomas again introduces his readers to a wild, colourful, convulsive world of eccentrics, of argumentation, of strange and sometimes strikingly uncongenial places and cultures, as he persists in his restless everyman quest for answers to his endless questions.-- Rowan Callick OBE, China expert and an Australian Journalist of the YearThere is only one Tony Thomas, a fact for which peddlers of cant, snout-troughing catastropharians and the ABC - but I repeat myself - must daily rejoice.-- Roger Franklin, editor of Quadrant Online.

The Our Father is the prayer that Jesus himself has given us. In this careful and profoundly reflected upon book, Fr Ken takes us phrase by phrase through the Lord''s Prayer. The text is meditative and filled with helpful stories that will appeal to today''s incredible thirst for God. It is a joy to recommend this new book from such an anointed Australian writer on the spiritual life.Archbishop Christopher Prowse, Archdiocese of Canberra and GoulburnThis is a most informative, instructive, and accessible book on the Our Father. Fr Ken has done a great service in exploring the richness of this evangelical prayer and presenting it in a practical way. This is a must-read book for anyone desiring to deepen their appreciation and understanding of the prayer that Jesus gave to us, his disciples. I have found it very helpful for my own spiritual reading and am certain that many others will also find it profitable.Fr Aloysius Rego OCD, Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville. NSW.In these pages, Fr Ken teaches us afresh what it is to listen to Jesus, to learn from him and to enter with him into the heart of God, becoming daughters and sons of the Father, sisters and brothers to each other.  Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Archdiocese of BrisbaneAbout the Author: Fr Ken Barker is the founder of the Missionaries of God''s Love (MGL), a new religious congregation in the Australian Church. He is involved in many works of evangelisation and renewal, and is author of popular books, including Becoming Fire, Young Men Rise Up, His Name is Mercy, Amazing Love, Alive in the Spirit, The Wonder of the Eucharist, The Way of Jesus, Fire to the Earth, Go Set the World on Fire, and Mary, Disciple and Mother.

For any Catholic living in Australia at the present moment the challenges to the faith are great indeed. The culture around us is changing rapidly, not only abandoning its Christian heritage but becoming increasingly hostile to the Church. Within the Church there is a serious struggle to know how to respond to these changes. Does the Church adapt itself to the culture? How can it preserve its true identity?The evident decline in religion and in numbers of Catholics attending Sunday Mass and living a sacramental life is another area of concern. Is this decline terminal? Experiences like the sexual abuse crisis have further eroded the confidence of many Catholics, and some have lost confidence in the leadership of bishops. Is it time to change the governance structures of the Church?As the Church prepares for a Plenary Council, these and many other issues challenge the Church here in Australia. Will the Council find the right way forward and plot a course which will ensure that the Church is able to effectively carry out the mission entrusted to it by the Lord?The response we make to the issues we face must be grounded in a deep spirit of faith. It must be faithful to the revelation of Sacred Scripture. It must be grounded in its living Tradition, and continuous with the body of Magisterium.The Plenary Council will shape the direction of the Church in Australia for decades to come.