June 8 – 14, 2019
News
Comment
Comment
Jane Caro and Lyndsay Connors
Flaws in Coalition’s schools funding
“The Coalition won the recent federal election at least in part on its reputation as the better economic manager. It claimed it could be trusted to take care of taxpayer dollars. But does this stand up to scrutiny? Frankly, not when it comes to the way the government funds our schools.”
Comment
Paul Bongiorno
Morrison goes from royals to rate cuts to raids
“Scott Morrison and his treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, don’t intend to repeat the Keating government’s mistake of crab-walking away from their key pre-election promises, not that they made many. Frydenberg still trumpets the $100 billion promise over 10 years for infrastructure, but is just as adamant he won’t be bringing any of it forward. He says half of it will be spent during the next four years. The RBA governor is looking for more stimulus now. ”
Letters, Poem & Editorial
Culture
Profile
AGSA director Rhana Devenport
After achieving significant success as the director of two major New Zealand galleries, Rhana Devenport brings her ambitious vision to the Art Gallery of South Australia. Here, she talks about building relationships with artists and creating a safe space for audiences to explore challenging ideas. “I think that it is our role, working in a cultural organisation, to love our audience, to be as absolutely in love with our audience, to be thinking in multiple ways about how to be as expansive and open as humanly possible.”
Theatre
Patricia Cornelius’s Love and Shit
Love and Shit, an exhilarating double bill by Patricia Cornelius at fortyfivedownstairs, expose the uncomfortable realities of Australia’s underclass. In doing so, these plays remind us how vital theatre can be.
Portrait
Singer-songwriter Jack River
“The name Jack River, which Holly Rankin adopted while picking ‘pirate’ alter egos with childhood friends, has served, when needed, as a costume and a character. More than just an alias, it became an escape hatch from reality to a place where things are limitless. You hear that in the songs: airy and vast, with a fixation on space and infinity.”
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
POLICE
“The AFP is a strong supporter of press freedom.”
The acting commissioner defends the actions of the federal police. This week, that support extended to raiding the home of a News Corp journalist and the headquarters of the ABC, while threatening to raid 2GB host Ben Fordham.
SIN
“It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department.”
The pontiff explains why he has changed the wording of the Lord’s Prayer from “lead us not into temptation” to “do not let us fall into temptation”. Which is apparently the most pressing issue facing the Catholic Church right now.
MINING
“We weren’t prepared to say that. People will come to their own conclusions about why we weren’t prepared to say that.”
The shadow energy minister says he regrets that Labor didn’t announce its support for coal and Adani before the election. It’s rare to save your cowardice for opposition, but here we are.
MUSIC
“The difference between a terrorist and a refugee, we all know it. But it was rammed down our throats that they were all the same, and they were coming to get our jobs, coming to kill us. And it just wasn’t right. It was very, very, very uncool.”
The singer takes issue with Peter Dutton. A 63-year-old man touring with Jet and Eskimo Joe knows a lot about being very, very, very uncool.
REALITY
“Where are the protests? I don’t see any protests.”
The US president denies the existence of protests in London, while 75,000 protesters could literally be heard chanting during the press conference in which he made these statements.
FAITH
“The heavens mock the false prophet.”
The News Corp columnist notes that Al Gore’s arrival in Australia coincides with a cold snap. She ignores the difference between weather and climate and faith and reality.
