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Our new G-G let slip an avalanche of heartfelt concern that recast our 236 years of indifference and guilt
Sep 17 2024
8 mins
The lust for power can be as great or greater driver of human effort as the good and humane
Sep 16 2024
11 mins
The promise a Covid royal commission has been renounced even as a sweeping inquiry is needed more than ever
Sep 16 2024
6 mins
Kris Hemensley: Go for it, Joe!
Go for it, Joe!
for Joe Dolce
Go for it, Joe!—do what you have to—
criticize—clarify—and always
with love—the young burn each other
at the stake—rampant
around conflagration—
but we’re the old guys now—
the nation doesn’t need more fire—
why rake up spent coals?
showed Gebhardt who remarked “I like that—with love—
i’m rereading Auden who said the same”—a thought arises:
imagine coming home to Auden—the Auden who came home …
conceive “home” as one does “poem”—
answer the adversaries for the love of poetry, Joe—
like Kinsella urged the other day—
signature windmill of speech & gesture—
“i’ve got nothing at all against any geezer—
it’s only ever about poetry”—
(in medias res)—
i’ve warmed to enemies as though long ago’s
flames—bless ’em—bless ’em, Joe!
Kris Hemensley
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
