April 1 – 7, 2023
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Comment
Richard Denniss
What the safeguard means for the climate wars
“The climate wars are far from over. They will not be over until the fossil fuel industry stops waging them. While their progress has been slowed in recent years, the relentless bombardment of our future by the coal and gas industries continues unabated.”
Comment
Paul Bongiorno
Dutton sweating on Aston byelection result
“Peter Dutton faces his first real test at the ballot box as Liberal leader in the Aston byelection. He is bracing for the worst while hoping he is saved by the century-long precedent of oppositions never losing seats to governments in these contests.”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
Profile
Musician Amanda Brown
Amanda Brown is best known for her work with The Go-Betweens, but it’s just one part of a long and distinguished career.
The Influence
Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch
The cross-cultural friendship between award-winning filmmakers Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch has deep echoes of Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil in the making of Charlie’s Country.
Fiction
Achillea
“Young women can pull achillea from the soil of a night-time graveyard. Preferably the grave of a young man, although any graveyard new to them will do. They must be silent. This is how I know it is a tale for women. The young women should tuck their prize – blooms, stalks, leaves, roots, grave dirt – under their pillows. They can wash their sheets in the morning but grave dirt is not so different from any other: all dirt is made from the dead. The achillea I’ve seen in graveyards is always white.”
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
Faith
“At the time it seemed like all hell had broken loose within Hillsong Church and I was under immense pressure and emotional strain.”
The Hillsong founder confirms he was charged with drink-driving in the United States last year. Say what you will about Brian, he loves the blood of Christ.
Celebrity
“Well, we lost half a day of skiing.”
The actor explains the stakes in her court battle against a retired optometrist who claims she ran into him on a ski slope. Think of it less as a crash and more as unconscious coupling.
Technology
“I see a clear, but difficult, path to a >$250B valuation”
The billionaire projects a huge increase in the value of Twitter – in a memo that reveals the company is currently worth less than half of what he paid for it. In another embarrassing writedown, he changed his daughter’s name from “Exa Dark Sideræl Musk” to “Y”.
Media
“It never happened. It’s complete BS.”
The reporter says he has contacted lawyers to deal with a faked image of him being arrested in a park. If anyone is going to doctor Wilkins’ face, it clearly already is him.
Politics
“I’ve actually tried to ring Mark, a couple of times, to no avail.”
The One Nation leader condemns Mark Latham over a graphically homophobic social media post. Presumably Latham couldn’t take the call because there was a sale on at Rivers.
Law
“Knowing Clive Palmer’s record for paying his workers, I hope Christian Porter asks for his money up front.”
The prime minister responds to news the former attorney-general will act for Clive Palmer in a $299 billion lawsuit against Western Australia. If serving in the Morrison government doesn’t prepare you to run interference for a mining interest, nothing will.
