The Uluru Statement is a historic document that, no matter how one feels about its authors and sentiments, should be preserved. Yet this taxpayer-funded canvas is missing and nobody seems to care
Dec 08 2025
18 mins
Live in Adelaide long enough and the love-hate thing becomes mostly hate. It’s a city that eats its young amidst the scent of always-has, always-will-be self-satisfaction
Dec 07 2025
6 mins
Fewer regulations and less tax promote prosperity by facilitating business development. Ronald Reagan had this view and it worked. Now it's Trump turn
Dec 07 2025
4 mins
"Elliott sat slumped over the table, head propped on one hand, mind far away. Then a chance remark from a bystander galvanised him to action. 'Fancy Jack getting beaten by a woman!'"
Dec 06 2025
13 mins
NEWS
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We got here from there -- there being the Sixties, when Australia, was transformed, perhaps not for the better. The first in a three-part seriesDecember 6, 2025
28 mins
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If only Clive Palmer had not changed his mind during that chat with Mr Gore eleven years ago, we surely would be in a better place today.December 6, 2025
13 mins
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,Edward Albee's best-known play, carries its own rhythm and this latest production doesn't miss a beatDecember 5, 2025
9 mins
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The stage is set for a volatile chapter in U.S.-Latin American relations. The big question: will Russia and China actively side with VenezuelaDecember 5, 2025
8 mins
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It's hard to believe these days, but from 1938 until 1960 the export of iron ore was banned to preserve what were thought to be limited resources for the of domestic industriesDecember 5, 2025
12 mins
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Complaining to the ABC about its blatant bias does no good, nor as I discovered, to ACMA or, finally, to the Commonwealth OmbudsmanDecember 4, 2025
11 mins
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Like so many of the policy ills that afflict today's Australia, the assumption that climate can be regulated is Whitlamesque in its arroganceDecember 4, 2025
14 mins
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The problem isn't the burqa. The broader peril, as Europe has learnt, is the virulently separatist ethno micro-states Islam is propagating throughout the WestDecember 4, 2025
8 mins
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All of us know of adolescents who drove parents to despair yet turned out very well. Here, with all its imponderables, the case of Violette Nozière springs to mindDecember 4, 2025
8 mins
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Mexico today is angry, but it is also united. When those two things coincide, history says something always ends up changing -- ideally, this time for the betterDecember 3, 2025
5 mins
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Fraser went quite strange in his dotage, consorting with Greens and the like. But in 1975 it was Malcolm the Magnificent who saved my family from ruinDecember 3, 2025
6 mins
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The Fabian tortoise is well ahead in the marathon race to remake society but there is yet time for conservatism to pip it at the postDecember 2, 2025
8 mins
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While BBC partisans will deride Trump's suit with a 'not much here', a lawyer might well respond, 'Yes, not much. But I’d still prefer less'December 2, 2025
10 mins
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There's one big difference between 'pretendian' Thomas King and Dark Emu's fauxborigine author: The Canadian impostor is giving back fraudulently obtained literary-prize wampumDecember 1, 2025
11 mins
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Revisionism, as decreed from the bench, in history textbooks, or on a wall in a public building, prefers its villains to be of the pantomime varietyDecember 1, 2025
9 mins
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In 2008 Quadrant's Michael Connor reviewed a memorable MTC production of Rock 'n' Roll, writing not only on the play but the intelligence, insight and thought-provoking gambits of its authorNovember 30, 2025
7 mins
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We can be thankful beyond measure for Trump. At the same time, we can be relieved he wasn’t in charge from 1939 to 1945November 30, 2025
5 mins
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The Quakers originally called themselves Friends of Truth, but that name could not be more at odds with their accusations against Israel of genocide and starvation campaignsNovember 30, 2025
11 mins
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Not being a sport for the masses, polo gets scant attention beyond aficionados. Were that not the case, Sinclair Hill would be as revered as BradmanNovember 29, 2025
11 mins
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"Even impressive novels by acclaimed writers can have not only major narrative flaws but inconsistent characterisations. Elegant or vivid prose tends to paste over problem areas"November 29, 2025
31 mins
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"I imagined the minister, when he read the obituary, gave a pew a good kicking, wishing it was the daughter’s backside"November 29, 2025
8 mins
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"God's motives were unfathomable, whose essence could only be 'touched' through human inspiration and creativity, which is why I became a poet|"November 28, 2025
14 mins
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Every law student is taught to revere Mabo, yet none is shown the doctrinal ruptures and historical distortions on which it restsNovember 28, 2025
21 mins
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We take the idea of ownership for granted, which is a pity because it explains the Anglosphere and sets it apartNovember 28, 2025
20 mins
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Offer an after-match banana to the Matildas' Mary Fowler and she just might throw a book at youNovember 27, 2025
6 mins
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The IDF intercepted Hamas' plan of attack more than a year before October 7. Incredibly, the military's most senior ranks dismissed as a fantasyNovember 27, 2025
8 mins
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Pollock's famous work isn't ugly or lacking integrity -- indeed it is a seminal piece. What I detest is how it is used to justify mediocrity in the art worldNovember 27, 2025
8 mins
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Australia: A History: How an Ancient Land Became a Great […]November 26, 2025
6 mins
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Blaktivists demand lease fees for their 'stolen land'. The numbers say First Fleeters missed a real estate coup in not buying the continent outrightNovember 26, 2025
5 mins
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The composer was shocked by what Disney had done to his score in Fantasia. His music had been truncated and rearranged, but had no power to complainNovember 25, 2025
19 mins
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Sir Charles lives on through the skills he so willingly shared with many others, but above all, in his legacy of so many fine and easily available recordingsNovember 23, 2025
9 mins
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Whether in the Opera House or the concert hall, Charles Mackerras was one of the most intelligent and exciting conductors of his generation.November 13, 2025
19 mins
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"The state orchestras are machines ... One of my criticisms of them has been that, for a large part, they are drowning in bureaucracy"|November 4, 2025
14 mins
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The Victorian Opera has taken Leoš Janáček seldom staged Katya Kabanová and produced a triumph.October 28, 2025
7 mins
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Fifty-five years on, following major renovations, the Carillon is retaking its place in Canberra’s musical and social life.October 27, 2025
5 mins
Fiction
Dinner for Six
“Well, I had my own small war brewing at the table. I didn’t know what to say and you weren’t doing much to help.”
This week’s Fiction
This week’s Poem
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December 4: ames Allan (above) and Gigi Foster on the […]January 9, 2025
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The September 2024 issue of our magazine is now available! […]October 2, 2024
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The September 2024 issue of our magazine is now available via our website and in newsagents. You can click here to view the contents. Digital subscribers can enjoy the PDF and online articles now, and print subscribers will receive their hardcopies in the mail.September 2, 2024
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