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'No' voters didn't reject Aboriginal advancement. Rather, they vetoed the sort of 'advancement' Yes backers had in mind
Oct 15 2024
11 mins
Were those who pushed the Voice genuinely serious, the Aboriginal Industry would be the first thing to be addressed.
Oct 14 2024
4 mins
The ABC's claims of Trump's 'falsehoods' turn out to be falsehoods themselves. But correct the record? No way
Oct 14 2024
18 mins
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
Like the rest of us you’re an immigrant—
arriving on the boat from Vladivostok,
starved of light in European hothouses.
A vegetable masquerading as fruit,
your roots are purgative, your leaves poisonous,
but your stalk is tart, delicious, versatile.
Stewed with apples you give life to cereal,
you populate pies, you fold through whipped
cream with the swirling intelligence of a fool.
Is that why when we’ve nothing to say,
when we need to fill the air with dramatic chatter,
we utter your name: rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb?
Andy Kissane
It seems the cardinal virtue in the modern Christianity is no longer charity, nor even faith and hope, but an inoffensive prudence
Oct 13 2024
4 mins
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
