Quadrant (magazine)

Australian literary and cultural journal

Quadrant is a conservative Australian literary, cultural, and political journal, which publishes both online and printed editions. as of 2019, Quadrant mainly publishes commentary, essays and opinion pieces on cultural, political and historical issues, although it also reviews literature and publishes poetry and fiction in the print edition. Its editorial line is self described "bias towards cultural freedom, anti totalitarianism and classical liberalism".

In January 2009, Quadrant unknowingly published a hoax article. Its author, writer, editor and activist Katherine Wilson, stated that she aimed to show that the magazine and editor Keith Windschuttle had right wing bias. Wilson claimed Windschuttle and Quadrant would publish an inaccurate article and not check its footnotes or authenticity if it met his preconceptions. Using the pseudonym "biotechnologist Dr Sharon Gould", Wilson submitted an article claiming that CSIRO had planned to produce food crops engineered with human genes.

Order Period Editor Background / comments1.1956–1967James McAuleyCatholic poet2.1964–1966Donald HorneWriter3.1967–1988Peter ColemanWriter, journalist, and former New South Wales and Federal Liberal politician4.1988–1989Roger SandallWriter, anthropologist, Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney5.1990–1997Robert ManneLecturer at La Trobe University; resigned after repeated disputes with the magazine's editorial board6.1997–2007Paddy McGuinnessJournalist and self described contrarian7.2008–2015Keith WindschuttleWriter and historian8.2015–2017John O'SullivanPolitical advisor and editor9.2017–2024Keith WindschuttleJournalist