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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
Kevin Hallewell: ‘There’s a Dinosaur in the House’
There’s a Dinosaur in the House
There’s a dinosaur in the house.
Every day it scurries about,
under the fridge, across the floor,
over the carpet and behind the door,
eating moths and ants and spiders,
leaving a tell-tale trail behind it.
Where its nest is nobody knows.
It just appears, then away it goes.
We’ve tried to catch it, grab it, squash it,
swish it, sweep it, spray it, mop it.
No matter what, we just can’t get it.
We’ve even tried to trap it, net it.
Truly, though, we’re rather fond of
this little monster on its wanders.
Sometimes it even watches tele,
Spread-eagled on its large fat belly.
If visitors come, he quickly hides
away from strangers’ prying eyes.
And so the secret is not known:
we have a dinosaur in our home.
Kevin Hallewell
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
