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In the Senate, a very queer notion of free speech
Sep 20 2024
2 mins
Researchers posit an irrefutable link between suspensions and incarceration. A harder look reveals this simply isn't true
Sep 19 2024
14 mins
Used as cudgels in divorce actions, domestic violence orders all too often reward perjurers and ruin innocent lives
Sep 19 2024
36 mins
Libby Sommer: Sixteen Is a Very Difficult Age, You Know
Sixteen Is a Very Difficult Age, You Know
Well yes it is. This time of year isn’t easy either. It has
most of us by the neck. You don’t want to get sick at
Christmas. They said he needs six weeks of intensive
therapy then they’ll decide about medication. How—
when everything’s closed till February? Yes, he’s up and
down. Better some days, but hardly ever. They said hide
all the tablets and remove the kitchen knives. I ring or
text to see how he’s going. He doesn’t always pick up.
Don’t refer to the incident. Wait for him to say
something. Well, he doesn’t say much though he’ll let me
give him a hug—sometimes. So here I am trying to gather
his forgotten dreams from the air. They’re drifting just
outside my reach.
Libby Sommer
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
