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The AHRC's public face is ugly enough. Look under the rock and it gets much worse
Oct 05 2024
13 mins
The agency that hounded Bill Leak into an early grave isn't fussed by its staffers' support for Hamas
Oct 04 2024
19 mins
The Vance-Walz debate prompts a column that's more of a steaming pile
Oct 03 2024
3 mins
Max Ryan: Old Guys
Old Guys
get to the club every evening early
with wives called Betty, Flo or Shirley
order the mixed roast with chips and a pavlova
take it back to the table like they’re in clover
always wear their trousers way too high
still like to say I’ve got to fly
sometimes have a piece of one ear missing
play with the past and call it reminiscing
always miss a loop on their belt band
like their sandwiches closed and their spaghetti canned
always look sad when they’re on their own
get there too late to catch the phone
read the death notices, every letter
see they’re not there and somehow feel better
old guys are everywhere, everywhere I see
old guys are starting to look like me
Max Ryan
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
