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Used as cudgels in divorce actions, domestic violence orders all too often reward perjurers and ruin innocent lives
Sep 19 2024
36 mins
The vice-presidential candidate, like many former critics, came to accept Trump was ahead of the curve on economic nationalism
Sep 18 2024
17 mins
The punditocracy won't admit that, when it comes to Trump's sharp tongue, he's a novice compared to, say, Paul Keating
Sep 18 2024
4 mins
Rhyme of the Sea
Rhyme of the Sea
The sea’s a dream
hides in its green
a different set of species
to the land.
Its sway and sweep
lead swimmers on to sleep
a universe of water:
eels with pop out eyes
terrorize
silver fish synchronize
parachutes of jellyfish
will rise
through all the undiscovered
vast array of lives.
The sea’s a silk embrace
a champagne bath
to mend a land worn face,
steals body weight, gives flight,
showers space with fractured light,
here where some are drawn to play
but most are kept at bay:
death could be
so soon away.
For rules are different here
where another side of joy
is fear
and unlike worlds
lie side by side
so near.
Nana Ollerenshaw
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
