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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
Turning back the ABC fact-checker
It was late when the ABC’s latest power couple, fact-check supremo Russell Skelton and Virginia Trioli, retired to the boudoir and love was in the air. What a wonderful evening it had been! Oh, how they had laughed when The Chaser crew showed conservative columnist Chris Kenny fornicating with a dog. Quality humour, that — the sort no commercial broadcaster would even dare to think of putting to air.
Now, as Russell reclined upon the pillow, Virginia’s favourite banana in pyjamas, she caught his eye in the mirror, where she was practicing those off-camera facial contortions ABC staffers find so amusing when a conservative is in the hot seat.
Hair in curlers, bunny slippers now side-by-side beneath bed, Virginia slipped between the covers and planted a peck of affection on her partner’s cheek. How very handsome he is, she thought, and how very smart, especially his Twitterings. It would have been just too terrible if he had remained atThe Age,…
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
