September 7 – 13, 2019
News
Comment
Comment
Rod Bower
Biloela showing community spirit
“According to our prime minister, ‘If you have a go, you get a go.’ As it turns out, this maxim doesn’t apply to everyone. This truth became catastrophically apparent after Priya’s visa expired on March 4, 2018. Since that day, the members of her family have been denied their basic human rights.”
Comment
Paul Bongiorno
Seeking mercy for Tamil family
“There’s no doubt the populist backlash over attempts to deport a Tamil family from Queensland has caught the government by surprise. All of a sudden the perceived advantage for the Coalition in the areas of national and border security was slipping from its grasp. This was all the more of a shock to the minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, who has been assiduously attacking Labor on the issues since the election. ”
Letters, Poem & Editorial
Culture
Profile
Composer Lebo M and that famous movie chant
Exiled from South Africa as a teenager, Lebo M made his way to the US with nothing but his talent. Eventually he escaped poverty and built a career, creating one of cinema’s most iconic and enduring musical moments. “You get driven and get motivated by the fact that where you come from opportunity was zero, and you have an indirect responsibility to be somebody.”
Theatre
Ulster American
With its pitch-perfect production of David Ireland’s wickedly funny Ulster American, Red Stitch Actors Theatre continues to do some of the most interesting work to be seen on Australian stages.
Portrait
Sydney Contemporary’s Barry Keldoulis
“Keldoulis says one of the reasons it’s such a great place for an art fair is that as well as ‘a serious collector base’ we also have ‘a swath of wealthy Sydneysiders that aren’t directly connected to the art world. They’re often quite adventurous in the type of work they buy, and these people aren’t afraid to splash their cash.’ ”
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
POLITICS
“I am a person of high integrity. I pride myself on that. If there are cases people can point to where I have done something illegal or immoral, point to them.”
The Home Affairs minister asks for proof of unjust behaviour.
HOLLYWOOD
“I see Woody whenever I can, and I have had a lot of conversations with him about it ... He maintains his innocence, and I believe him.”
The actress and Time’s Up campaigner defends Woody Allen, who has been accused of assaulting his daughter when she was six years old.
FAITH
“It is the parable of the Good Samaritan where we welcome in our land the stranger; where we treat them with compassion and kindness.”
The shadow Home Affairs minister puts her religious studies degree to good use, imploring the prime minister to let the Biloela family stay.
EDUCATION
“The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which ... risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.”
The Nashville school bans the Harry Potter books, 12 years after the series was published, for fear of demonic possessions.
ECONOMICS
“The only people who are disappointed with today’s national accounts are Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers, because their efforts to talk down the Australian economy have not succeeded.”
The treasurer spruiks the latest figures about Australia’s economy, which is experiencing its lowest growth rates since the global financial crisis.
BREXIT
“Boris is good, everyone’s great, it’s a great country … get on with it!”
The cricketer and political commentator offers his support to the embattled British prime minister.
