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Australians, especially those who trust the ABC, will be surprised how this heartland American sees Trump, the nation and world
Oct 12 2024
12 mins
ABCers know their jobs are safe and that, for all Dutton’s fulminations, no government will insist on reform, let alone cut the broadcaster loose
Oct 12 2024
5 mins
Companies, universities, law societies and other bodies cast a Yes vote as the only decent thing to do. Equality of all citizens be damned
Oct 12 2024
15 mins
Ivan Head: Ballet at the Sydney Opera House
Ballet at the Sydney Opera House: Thinking about Slessor
At Interval we take our bubbly outside to the rain.
The agile dancers cease and change,
the panto team released
from within Don Quixote’s stage mule
Dancers in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
will soon evoke Waterlilies,
Indigenous and far from Paris,
It’s red earth and didgeridoo.
A jet boat booms on its way to Manly.
An older ferry turns in Harbour bright.
A floodlight cups like a hand
and gestures in upward beam the floating beads of rain
that stream and drift across the white tile sails.
It’s a night vintage of motes and Moets.
Ivan Head
Many will disagree, but World War III is too great a risk to run by involving ourselves in a distant border conflict
Sep 25 2024
5 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
