October 2024 Volume , No.
The Makarrata Vibe
Academic Auto-da-fé
Cold Comfort from Norway
In Praise of Do-Nothing Governments
The Empire Strikes Back
Anti-Semitism in the Antipodes
Contents
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Companies, universities, law societies and other bodies cast a Yes vote as the only decent thing to do. Equality of all citizens be damnedOctober 12, 2024
16 mins
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To plumb the depths of our cultural crisis, we must examine our institutions, especially universities.October 10, 2024
12 mins
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Norway’s pride in its democracy has been tainted by the May recognition of PalestineOctober 7, 2024
9 mins
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Our shambling excuse for a government is intent on suppressing opinions, even facts, it doesn't likeOctober 3, 2024
9 mins
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Historians of the Left are prone to ethical schizophrenia: natives good, English wickedOctober 3, 2024
25 mins
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Greens and fellow travellers denounce Israel as if its actions were totally unprovokedOctober 1, 2024
11 mins
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The global censors see you as a mushroom to be kept in the dark and kept thereSeptember 30, 2024
8 mins
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Heard about 'malinformation'? It's telling the truth with malice. Yes, truth is now offensiveSeptember 30, 2024
9 mins
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Ever wonder why 'unhappy' has almost been replaced in common use by 'depressed'?September 30, 2024
8 mins
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Too many people would rather let real people die than acknowledge the reasons whySeptember 30, 2024
8 mins
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he post-pandemic socio-political context in which Australia finds itself should […]September 30, 2024
17 mins
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Quote: 'No nation acquits itself so valiantly in war. No nation takes so little pains in peace'September 30, 2024
30 mins
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Lucien Bodard's account of Graham Jenkins in Saigon is a treasure of literature and biographySeptember 30, 2024
12 mins
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Peddlers of pro-Evatt counter-factuals hailed 1974's disgraceful Nest of TraitorsSeptember 30, 2024
28 mins
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Restoring classical education won't be an easy fix, but it is an essential oneSeptember 30, 2024
20 mins
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'The real reason for democracy isn't that men are equal and perfectible but the reverse'September 30, 2024
14 mins
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Artistic freedom in Australia no longer exists. Its restoration is essential for society to thrive.September 29, 2024
19 mins
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A new collection of essays corrects the pessimistic view of race relationsSeptember 29, 2024
12 mins
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I enjoyed the Voice losers’ silence. Their embarrassment was even more deliciousSeptember 29, 2024
14 mins
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Three books remind us the poet's purpose is not to lecture, but to make us think about lifeSeptember 29, 2024
10 mins
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The Cancer Finishing School is essentially 'serious', also unfailingly witty and anecdotalSeptember 29, 2024
8 mins
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Women today want continual change. They will have colour and […]September 29, 2024
12 mins
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My father comes back to us again, but we are not the same as before. Sometimes we are given the chance to changeSeptember 29, 2024
12 mins
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Our tennis team’s 'international tour' took a year to plan, with no inkling of a black MercedesSeptember 29, 2024
9 mins
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In my early twenties—the early 2000s—I was at university studying […]September 29, 2024
14 mins
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“With your consent,” the vet says, “I will euthanise your dog with an injection of pentobarbital sodium.” Ray nods. “Can I give him the injection?” he asksSeptember 29, 2024
20 mins
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Abracadabra Like a marzipan mountain she as he supposed never […]September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Sometimes Between the sun and the moon in the Southern […]
September 29, 2024
2 mins
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New Guitar Day Each time I buy a new guitar […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Quetzal Resplendent Quetzal: Pharomachrus mocinno (brilliant tail feather). Fourteen-inch Mexican, […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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That worried friend of mine The black dog follows me […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Two Cats inspired by Joe Dolce’s villanelles Two cats on […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Prunus Fungus along xylem and phloem. This blighted branch may […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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“Benedictus” of Saint Cecilia’s Mass Gwen Harwood Memorial. Wickham Terrace […]
September 29, 2024
2 mins
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Bel Canto Within my body is a tower made of […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Felosophy Nobody ever owned a cat. Sometimes if you’re lucky […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Love’s Imperfections She’d been divorced for a long time, and […]
September 29, 2024
2 mins
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Grizzly The exhibition case cannot contain the viciousness, oozing danger. […]
September 29, 2024
1 mins
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Did Arnold Bax's genius owe much to a congenital heart defect?September 29, 2024
7 mins
