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Our new G-G let slip an avalanche of heartfelt concern that recast our 236 years of indifference and guilt
Sep 17 2024
8 mins
The lust for power can be as great or greater driver of human effort as the good and humane
Sep 16 2024
11 mins
The promise a Covid royal commission has been renounced even as a sweeping inquiry is needed more than ever
Sep 16 2024
6 mins
Valerie Murray: Wheelchair Vista
Wheel Chair Vista
The view is not good;
no eye contact, except
with other wheelies,
or little children, ready
to smile and respond.
But you confront bums,
everything from double-wobble
to pinched minuscule,
guts blocking out the rest.
Knees, fragile or sturdy,
with or without props,
skin seen through torn denim.
Above you heads bend,
sending posed selfies,
not connected to those near them.
Intent on phones, devices,
texting, playing games,
backing into you,
the immediate invisible.
Not all bad, though.
Surprised, apologetic
when they do see you.
Heads bend to smile.
Hands reach out to help.
Valerie Murray
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
