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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
Veronica Winkels: ‘After the Party’
After the Party
After the party, when all are gone
Like clucking hens to their nest;
I pour one last welcome glass,
To put the evening to rest.
The house still echoes with the clatter
Of all the importunities of noise
The door, glad to empty the place,
—did so with eagerness and poise.
Wine in hand, I visit to reassure,
Rooms disturbed by disturbed souls.
Lowering windows’ blinds, like heavy eyes,
Such evenings take their toll.
Slowly, so as to silently,
I give the wall a kindly pat,
And turn the final light switch off—
We sleep better after that.
Veronica Winkels
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
