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It's not just free speech they aim to curtail, it's also our right to rejoice in national landmarks
Oct 07 2024
5 mins
Norway’s pride in its democracy has been tainted by the May recognition of Palestine
Oct 07 2024
9 mins
I criticised the quality of Chinese electrical goods, then they came after me for revenge
Oct 06 2024
8 mins
Joe Dolce: ‘Booval Tea Ladies’
Booval Tea Ladies
During World War I,
35,000 returned soldiers,
many wounded and ill,
passed through Ipswich.
The Booval Comfort Club
provided aid to Australian fighting men—
motto: Keep the fit man fit.
Rationing restricted
women’s clothing.
Flour bags, old sheets, saved towels,
made dresses, under-garments,
crocheted with butcher’s twine.
At Swanbank Rail Station,
with its green window-frames and red tin roof,
scones and biscuits were baked,
handed to troops passing through by rail.
Piping hot cups of warm wishes.
The Billy Can Scheme brought Christmas cakes,
cigarettes and gifts, in tins.
Soldiers called them barrels of sunshine.
Joe Dolce
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
