Peter O’Brien writes: In September 2022, in a debate on Sky News, constitutional expert Dr Shireen Morris claimed that the Constitution ‘explicitly excluded Aborigines’.  In using the word ‘explicitly’, she can only have been referring to the original Section 51(xxvi) or Section 127 as these are the only sections that explicitly referred to Aborigines. As […]

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This book is a new vision of the most divisive political issue in Australia today Aboriginal politics are now dominated by demands for reconciliation, self-determination, and acknowledgment of culture. But these concepts – defined and promoted by an urban elite of educated Aboriginal activists – hide the bigger truth that most people of Aboriginal descent […]

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If the ranks of doctors, shrinks and other medical specialists associated with the Gender Service Team — yes, that’s what they call it — at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) is any guide, orchestrating children’s switch from male to female and vice versa is a growth industry and, judging by their quoted enthusiasm for the […]

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Margaret Cameron-Ash’s Lying for the Admiralty: Captain Cook’s Endeavour Voyage makes new and original revelations about the British discovery of eastern Australia. Captain James Cook commanded the Endeavour voyage of 1768–1771 in the midst of furious rivalry between Britain and France for imperial supremacy in the South Pacific. Obeying secret orders, Cook hid his best […]

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The Australia Day honours list is out and the usual questions arise: how do they settle on those to be acclaimed, and what part of that process is driven as much by politics, perhaps more so, than an appreciation of a lifetime’s achievement and good works? Consider, for example, Professor Tom Calma, co-author with Marcia […]

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Reader George Mansford writes: I recall in Korea when our platoon travelled south to protect a railway terminal at Tuchon. We were weary, filthy, hungry and looking forward to some comfort in established surrounds. We had no officer or sergeant. On arrival, we were inspected by a British major who erupted with anger and informed […]

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Joanne Hackett’s Quadrant piece, Saving Australia, one bumper sticker at a time, has launched something of a movement, with a deluge of orders for the updated range of stickers shown (below). She writes to announce the two new stickers (above) being produced for ex-ADF personnel. And of course the original stickers are still available. To […]

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One of the benefits of a Quadrant subscription is the open invitation to post thoughts, amplifications and even critiques on comment threads. Today, in a fine post beneath Paul Collits’ ‘They don’t get the ABC in Heaven‘, commenter Sydgal collects some of the more rancid reactions to the death of Cardinal Pell. In regard to […]

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Peter O’Brien writes with the news that the Australian War Memorial has awarded its $5000  Napier Waller Prize to Anneke Jamieson’s ‘Promotion’, below: Other finalists can be found here.

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Joanne Hackett’s recent Quadrant piece, Saving Australia, one bumper sticker at a time, has launched something of a movement, with orders pouring in for the updated range of stickers shown above, including the last one for the front bumber. She writes:   “Orders for the bumper stickers continue. To date, 1,600 stickers have been sent […]

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