Most readers will recall the unseemliness, violence and still-lingering political odours surrounding this year’s Australia Day incident in Canberra—the riot which was said to have arisen from that long-festering slum called the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Sceptical minds tend rather to think that its seeds might have been germinated in the private office of the Prime Minister herself; media reports made much of the fact that, in the ensuing fracas and the security hustling, the Prime Minister lost a shoe. A wit of my acquaintance instantly exclaimed: “That’s no big deal, surely? They can just nail it back on again.” He…
Subscribe to get access to all online articles
Already a member?
Sign in to read this article
Digital Subscription
$98 / YR
Get the latest ideas from Australia’s most insightful writers.
- Digital Subscription includes
- Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
- Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
- iPad ready PDF
- Access to Quadrant Archives
Printed & Digital Subscription
$118 / YR
For avid readers of leading ideas
from Australia’s brightest.
- Printed & Digital Subscription includes
- Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
- Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
- iPad ready PDF
- Access to Quadrant Archives
- Quadrant Patron includes
- Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
- Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
- iPad ready PDF
- Access to Quadrant Archives
- All new editions of Quadrant Books
- Exclusive invitations to Quadrant Dinners, book launches and events.
- Quadrant Patron includes
- Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
- Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
- iPad ready PDF
- Access to Quadrant Archives
- All new editions of Quadrant Books
- Exclusive invitations to Quadrant Dinners, book launches and events.