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Black Lies Splatter: Part I
When I saw footage of the tragic and unnecessary death of George Floyd, I knew it didn’t bode well for the cops in America, but didn’t realise it would mean anything to us on the other side of the world. Then there was the COVID-19 shutdown, which increased our workload in some areas, but decreased it in others. There was a lot going on and I just didn’t pay much attention to far-off Minnesota.
The first inkling of trouble came when my 13-year-old daughter became particularly rude and disrespectful, telling me that being white, male and and a policeman defined me as a hateful racist. It was odd because she spent part of her childhood in Coen surrounded by indigenous people and has met hundreds of coppers. Indigenous people come to our house to break bread and she played with indigenous kids in our house and their yards. She is a Cape Copper’s kid whose younger daily life disproved the lie that police and indigenous people see each other as mortal enemies. I dismissed…
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins