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Used as cudgels in divorce actions, domestic violence orders all too often reward perjurers and ruin innocent lives
Sep 19 2024
36 mins
The vice-presidential candidate, like many former critics, came to accept Trump was ahead of the curve on economic nationalism
Sep 18 2024
17 mins
The punditocracy won't admit that, when it comes to Trump's sharp tongue, he's a novice compared to, say, Paul Keating
Sep 18 2024
4 mins
Devika Brendon: ‘The Tower Moment’
The Tower Moment
We can tell where the weak points are located
When the storms come, and the heavy weather makes landfall
The roof over our heads
Needs some attention
If it’s left, for a rainy day,
The manageable becomes dangerous
Everything erodes, and it would be arrogant to ignore this
Or to be overly preoccupied with lesser things
The roof could cave in, and fall apart:
As long as the walls are fortified
That’s a chance to read the Tarot
If you look past the signs of disaster
The people falling from the parapet
The lightning and the jagged edges
You see a structure broken open
So people inside can see the bigger picture
The vast universe, which makes sense of every extreme event
Devika Brendon
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
