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The agency that hounded Bill Leak into an early grave isn't fussed by its staffers' support for Hamas
Oct 03 2024
19 mins
The Vance-Walz debate prompts a column that's more of a steaming pile
Oct 03 2024
3 mins
Our shambling excuse for a government is intent on suppressing opinions, even facts, it doesn't like
Oct 03 2024
9 mins
Lost Property
for DTMV
Winter is the season
when often, quite
without rhyme or reason,
lost belongings return.
Beloved coats are found
with cashmere scarves
that warm and wind around
draughty ears and throats.
Desperate fingers thrust
down in pockets to serve
a snivelling nose that must
be blown—they bring to light
a lace-edged square
of cotton, long forgotten, soft
and quietly folded there
as if it never went missing.
Odd socks and gloves appear
in corners of crowded drawers,
for all the world like dear
friends, waiting to make a permanent pair.
The reunions bring a sweet relief
like the thrill when a homing pigeon flies in,
restoring his mate’s mislaid belief
in love and the law of the roost.
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
