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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
The Pencil Sharpener
It’s a bit disconcerting, the pencil fits in snugly
But sticks out at an angle to the housing.
You check and reassured start twisting gently.
Wood thinner than women’s underwear crawls over your fingers
And as long as there are no jerks or withdrawals
It continues a virgin ribbon.
The lead is shaved of powder to pinpoint tall
And the smell of Californian cedar is not forgotten.
It’s all in the position
Of a tiny blade
In a confined space.
Completing the mission
For which it was made
A salute to the human race.
Saxby Pridmore
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
