The next issue, DEBATE Issue 6, will be published in June and quarterly thereafter and will include the following topics:

• Defence An analysis of future strategic Defence policy and the implications for future Defence spending and reform of the Department..
• Reforming Government How to improve service delivery? Reviewing the roles of the tiers of Government. The case for regionalism, by Ian Yates.
• Afghanistan What sort of a war is it and can there still be refugees? By Marion Le.
• Afghanistan An insider’s perspective, by Richard Filmer.
• Water Who owns it and how can it be marketed and will the Government's plan save the Murray Darling? By John McDonnell.
• Saving our soil Is Carbon useful? How can soil be saved? Will there be enough to feed the world? By Dave Davies.
• The Prime Minister and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A review of the teachings of the German theologian and their relevance to Kevin Rudd’s moral perspective, by Ephraim Chifley.
• Food Miles Good idea or simple protectionism? By Kate Critchley.
• Television A review of The Wire, by Alasdair McDonnell.
• Film A review of the the Australian film “Beneath Hill 60”, by Chris Thompson.
• Books Reviews of important books on indigenous policy, by John McDonnell.
• Review of the writings and speeches of Productivity Commission Chairman, Gary Banks, by Peter Gallagher.
• Art Review of the Rupert Bunny exhibition, by Jane Llewellyn Edwards.