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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
Finn Brooke: ‘Crete’
Crete
When the standard schedule got too much for them,
if a particularly busy season was coming to a close,
or if they just felt they’d well and truly earned
some sunlight and saltwater, some music and wine,
the minotaur and Perseus would call time
on the usual bloody routine,
and slip away from work through a secret passage
they’d had installed by mutual agreement.
Ariadne and her friends loved island life,
but sometimes found their own roles a little repetitive,
so were always ready to laugh and say yes
to a day at the beach, to a night of dancing,
while the locals, being sympathetic to the need
for a respite from the daily grind
and the shackles of classical mythology,
made sure everyone left smiling, with a friend.
Finn Brooke
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
