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In the Senate, a very queer notion of free speech
Sep 20 2024
2 mins
Researchers posit an irrefutable link between suspensions and incarceration. A harder look reveals this simply isn't true
Sep 19 2024
14 mins
Used as cudgels in divorce actions, domestic violence orders all too often reward perjurers and ruin innocent lives
Sep 19 2024
36 mins
Damian Balassone: Six Poems
In Praise of Carbohydrates
It’s well worth pointing out
that the night before a bout
Rocky Mattioli
ate a bowl of ravioli.
The Importance of Religion
Those who loathe religion
are slow to contemplate
that Lennon met McCartney
at the church fête.
The Tears of Spock
A lot’s been said by friend and foe
about the Vulcan’s tears:
well how the hell would you react
if you possessed those ears?
Accolades for the Acolyte
In this age of heretics and vandals,
let us praise the one who lights the candles.
Cleopatra
She’s put an end to all my grand endeavour,
and now my dreams are mummified forever.
Bathroom Wars
While stationed on the toilet seat of life,
I’m told to get a move on by my wife.
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
