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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
Sleazy Sod; Sunflower
Sleazy Sod
It is no pleasure looking for Sleazy Sod
An electrician—Sparky with a short rod
Will fix the light and while he’s there give the nod
Service wife, ladder stockings, strip knickers odd
Half-Latino, Jack the Lad, loose-wired cod
Sings loud on the job—does not need an ipod
Tattooed Italian imp on buttock—sports shod
Has one word, “This is hot.” “You have a hot bod”
Can draw out “Ahhhs”, bedroom star—set up tripod
No love, or relationship—find a kind god
Good with his tongue I agree with the well-trod
Even booked back for his bum-steer cattle prod
So lovers, ladies, motorists, super-mod
Best to steer clear of that low-down, Sleazy Sod
Sunflower
Come day, go day, longing for my Fun-day
Thinking of my golden girl through the week
She’s turning to…
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
