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The agency that hounded Bill Leak into an early grave isn't fussed by its staffers' support for Hamas
Oct 03 2024
19 mins
The Vance-Walz debate prompts a column that's more of a steaming pile
Oct 03 2024
3 mins
Our shambling excuse for a government is intent on suppressing opinions, even facts, it doesn't like
Oct 03 2024
9 mins
Averil Drummond: Cry Baby
Cry Baby
Cry baby,
For your trust has been sold.
Sold by pale men and paler women.
Living wraiths consuming your future.
While they kiss you and proclaim their love.
Such duplicity.
You are Isaac,
Bound to cold rock.
Looking up in disbelief,
At the knife raised above you.
Your father’s hand.
Such treachery.
For you, no reprieve.
No fickle deity to spare you,
No trapped ram, nor feckless man.
So cry baby,
Screw up your eyes,
And wail the treason to the skies.
Averil Drummond
Many will disagree, but World War III is too great a risk to run by involving ourselves in a distant border conflict
Sep 25 2024
5 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
