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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
Very Much Like Another ABC….
Savvy investors might have caught the plight of the Australian Baking Company in today’s news. ABC, as the company is generally known, has an exclusive contract with the federal government to supply cakes to the defence forces. It employs over one hundred pastry cooks, all members of the Australian Cooks’ Trade Union (ACTU).
Complaints have been pouring in from members of the defence forces about the quality of the cakes coming out of ABC. “They are bitter and misshapen” is a common charge. “The icing is almost always red and insipid”, one NCO was quoted as saying.
“We march from the early hours for Australia and look forward to a mid-morning cup of tea and cake,” hge continued. “It is so dreadfully disappointing. It just won’t do.” Other comments have been more colourful and bit too tasty for publication.
To stem the reputational damage that these complaints are causing, ABC called a press conference this morning fronted by its Managing Director and Baker-In…
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
