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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
Burying the Truth About the Covid Years
The scale of the Covid-19 disaster should warrant extensive examination, but politicians, both federal and state, along with medical authorities, seem reluctant to address what may be revealed as their own shortcomings.The public expected a royal commission to comprehensively review this hugely expensive and disruptive event. What we have seen instead are limited Senate and public inquiries. It appears political expedience has won the day.
The latest COVID outbreak (number 8) has produced a small increase in cases, but as with previous waves, fewer deaths and only an official suggestion that the old and infirm would benefit from booster shots. The pandemic is dribbling to its conclusion, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring the virus no longer constitutes a health emergency.
Labor has instituted an inquiry, with limited powers compared with those of a royal commission, meaning there will be restricted access to examine the actors and actions of the state premiers….
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
