April 20 – 26, 2024
POST April 26, 2024
The Coalition has called for age limits on social media, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton faces the …
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Kylea Tink
Labor’s broken promise on environment protection laws
“Scathing independent assessments of the Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation (EPBC) Act, amid mounting evidence of biodiversity loss and habitat destruction, have presented the Albanese government with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen Australia’s environmental framework.”
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Paul Bongiorno
Albanese sets tone amid days of horror
“Without fanfare, the prime minister attended early mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra last Sunday, where he joined other worshippers in praying for the victims and survivors of the Bondi Junction shopping centre knife attack. The prayers were also for the nation and its leaders in times that had suddenly become dramatically less certain.”
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Stan Grant
Making sense of the Bondi Junction attack
“I have seen the worst our world can do. I have covered war and misery in more than 50 countries. I have seen the Hobbesian world: a war of all against all. Sometimes killers praised God – sometimes God was at the head of the armies. But that wasn’t God … Suffering did not drive me from God, it drew me to God.”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
Visual Art
Contemporary artist Nina Sanadze
Nina Sanadze’s powerful sculptures – now showing in a major survey at NGV Australia – grapple with the brutal histories and emotional contradictions of public monuments.
The Influence
Balázs Havasi on the epic Romantic paintings of Mihály Munkácsy
Stadium pianist and composer Balázs Havasi draws from his Hungarian heritage and the epic Romantic paintings of Mihály Munkácsy to create his music.
Fiction
Act of God
“Someone calls me from the deep twilight across the hallway. It’s Shannon, one of the new graduate nurses who helps monitor the neonatal intensive care unit. She rushes up and pulls me in close, squeezing my arms. I can smell the tuna salad on her breath, see the desperation in her eyes. She tells me the ventilators in the NICU have lost power.”
Books
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Quotes
Law
“I think Linda Reynolds has absolutely been vindicated.”
The opposition leader shares what he learnt from the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case. Reynolds is currently suing a rape survivor over social media posts.
Media
“We’re thrilled with Peter’s appointment.”
The editor of Daily Mail Australia welcomes Peter van Onselen as the website’s political editor. Finally, he can answer his famous question: if somebody has sex with a goat, can I write about it?
Conflict
“Preparing a new war book would help to focus the national mind.”
The former secretary of the Department of Home Affairs proposes a new document to ready the country for war. He’s happy to send it as a series of WhatsApp messages, if that helps.
Drugs
“Obviously this is a very sophisticated syndicate operating out of Queensland.”
The detective superintendent announces the arrest of a man in connection with bricks of cocaine washing up on New South Wales beaches. As sophisticated as the syndicate might have been, the distribution left a lot to be desired.
World
“How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?”
The far-right politician complains about attempts in Belgium to shut down the National Conservatism Conference. We thought the whole point of Nigel Farage was that he didn’t care about the rest of the world.
Celebrity
“Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers are very expensive…”
The actor explains why he is settling his suit against News Group Newspapers. The Sun has now paid more to the victims of its stories than it paid for the stories in the first place.
ISRAEL–HAMAS WAR
