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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
Accidental Saviour
Being green. It got me into so much trouble.
No, I’m not part of the Greens political party. If that’s what I meant, I would have written Green with a capital G. And I’m not some climate-crisis environmentalist panic-monger either. What do they call themselves—extinction rebellion or something? Nah, that’s not the green that got me into trouble. And I wasn’t envying anyone at the time, either. Nope, wasn’t green with envy, that’s not what I mean.
I mean being green. Literally.
Well okay, not as literal as if my skin had turned green. I was wearing green. A soft green jacket over a green T-shirt, green tracksuit pants, green socks, and my fav running shoes. Which were also—you guessed it—green.
It all started with the shoes. They were a gift from my uncle, who lives in England. What did he bring me when he visited Australia? A mug with the picture of the Queen? A T-shirt with a picture of the Tower of London? Nope. He brought me a pair of running shoes. Green…
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
