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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
Gossip
Gossip
Grapevine
Stille Poste
Chinese Whispers
Broken Telephone
Le Téléphone Arabe
Whisper Down the Lane
I regret that it is time to say goodbye
I regret that it’s a crime to say goodbye
I get it is a crime to say a lie
The vet is in a line and told a lie
The vet was in decline and told to fly
They met what was a fine and older fly
Forget it was all fine also too dry
Forget for all this time and also try
For a bet it was the time and so could try
For a bet it is the line and soak it dry
Or I met this like a soak and hit retry
Or met the stick and goat it will reply
On the net they sit and gloat and which reply
On the net they slit his throat and watch him die
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
