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Our new G-G let slip an avalanche of heartfelt concern that recast our 236 years of indifference and guilt
Sep 17 2024
8 mins
The lust for power can be as great or greater driver of human effort as the good and humane
Sep 16 2024
11 mins
The promise a Covid royal commission has been renounced even as a sweeping inquiry is needed more than ever
Sep 16 2024
6 mins
I Can Call Spirits
I Can Call Spirits
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
I can call virgins from the arms of Jesus.
I can change piss to wine and goats to sheep.
I can make dinosaurs from pekineses.
I can send guardian angels off to sleep.
I can create spectacular diseases.
I can cause sticks to dance and stones to weep.
I can turn turds to teeth and farts to cheeses.
I am the King. I am the Superman,
But sharper suited. Ms and Miss and Mrs
Are lining up, and every one a fan
Closing her dreamy eyes to taste my kisses,
For has there ever been, since time began,
An offer that you can’t refuse like this is?
John Whitworth
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
