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Reports on socio-political events from the world. Information on political developments in Europe and issues related to the future peace of Europe; Information on state-supported universities in the West, which are in a period of unprecedented growth in numbers of students, which has necessitated their asking for larger appropriations; Issues related to relations between Australia and Japan; View that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is never more felicitous than when making a grand gesture, and his statement that Italy recognizes and will pay her war debts in such a gesture; Views on governmental reorganization called for by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover in his address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

To the Western world, preoccupied with the problems posed by sputniks, disarmament, NATO and North Africa, the sudden crisis which has arisen in the Western Pacific over the Indonesian claim to that part of New Guinea which is administered by the Dutch seems a tiresome irrelevance, a side issue and a nuisance. To Australians who are responsible for the other half of New Guinea, the situation is charged with potential dangers which they fear are not appreciated elsewhere — a crisis on their immediate borders which puts their whole foreign policy in Asia to a sharp test.

Comments on the end of the imperial era in Australia in 1963. Description of Prime Minister Robert Menzies on the political condition of the country; Claim of the author that Australia's loyalty to Great Britain is largely misguided; Political and cultural aspects similar between U.S. and Australia.

The article focuses on the foreign and domestic policies of Australia. Its White-Australia Policy prevented the immigration and settlement of Asian nor nonwhite men in the country. Locally, small businessman are beset by several strongholds of free enterprise which included multiple taxes, regulations, and taxes.

The article focuses on the uncertainties of the relationship between Australia and the U.S. after the death of Prime Minister Harold Holt, who was succeeded by John Grey Gorton. It states that Gorton had doubts about the strength of the U.S. commitment to Asia that resulted Australia to consider a change of its own defense and foreign policies. It notes that Gorton flies to Washington in a quest of reassurance about U.S. intentions and to talk to President Lyndon Johnson.

The Australian Prime Minister's oratorical tour of Great Britain is receiving almost as big advertisement in a section of the London press as did British politician Arthur Neville Chamberlain's "raging and tearing propaganda" in 1903. One can scarcely believe that this attention is being given to the Australian Prime Minister purely out of compliment to the colonies, or even in recognition of his personal eminence. Nor does the alleged purpose of his tour explain the phenomenon. Ostensibly the object of his mission is to emphasize the necessity of "organization," but it is difficult to suppose that this journalistic boom is inspired by a sudden passion for system as the great desideratum in British business life.

The article reports on the visit of Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies in the U.S., which was directed towards rounding off the edges of the partnership between Australia and the U.S.

Focuses on the meeting of U.S. President Richard Nixon with Australian Prime Minister John Gorton, held at the White House this month, regarding the U.S. citizens, members of the Pacific community and leaders of the Communist world. Discussion on the relations between Australia and the U.S.; Concerns of Nixon and Gorton for the Vietnamese War; Reference to former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Gorton.

The article focuses on the efforts of Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies to improve their country's relationship with Japan. It states that during a visit at the Tokyo airport in Japan, Menzies shook hands with Japan's official including Prime Minister Kishi and has noted to the Japanese that Australia is looking towards a friendly association with the country. Menzies adds that his efforts to improve relation with the Japanese were caused by the military threats poses by Red China.

The article focuses on Australia, New Zealand, United States (ANZUS), a Pacific pact announced by U.S. President Harry Truman of three powers to guarantee one another's security.

The article focuses on changes in political views of Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC) members at their meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Hailed as an earthwork of anti-Communist union in Asia, it says that ASPAC members are downplaying the anti-Communist line in order to improve relations with China. It states that Australia would like to build full relations with Peking, China. South Korean President Chung Hee Park declared that members should go beyond differences in ideology to spread peace.