November 8 – 14, 2025
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Rebecca Huntley
The lonely fear of this climate catastrophe
“Findings revealed a deeply felt experience of anxiety, distress and exhaustion across the country – not confined to those directly affected by fires, floods or drought but extending to those who witness the effects of these catastrophes on loved ones, communities and the nation as a whole.”
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Paul Bongiorno
An Australian coup: Reflecting on Whitlam’s dismissal
“It is not true that Australia has never experienced a revolution. Fifty years ago, the nation saw a bloodless coup where the underpinning conventions of our parliamentary democracy were overthrown. The outrage of the Dismissal established dangerous precedents, and in the intervening years we have failed to put in place safeguards that would prevent it happening again.”
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Culture
Books
Life
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Quotes
Leadership
“A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.”
The incoming New York mayor quotes Mario Cuomo, father of his defeated rival, Andrew Cuomo, in his acceptance speech. Cuomo Jr will retire in subpoenas.
Politics
“I love how your president has green-lit the US military to blow up drug cartel boats.”
The One Nation leader addresses a CPAC event at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Credit where it’s due, this is showing more integrity than most politicians – Hanson refuses to praise the president’s decor.
Law and order
“You’re working physically during the day, educated in the evening and you go and have a good night’s sleep.”
The former Victorian premier proposes creating prison farms to house young offenders. He’s been brainstorming this concept since the teachers’ strikes of ’92.
Communications
“Throw the kitchen sink at it. I know you are aware of the high-profile nature of this site.”
Leaked emails reveal NBN management prioritised a high-speed internet connection at the seaside home of Sky News host Andrew Bolt. It would have been done sooner had he not kept screaming at the techies to get off his lawn.
Composting
“That would be good training for the navy or whoever. That would be an instant way of disposing of a whale.”
Western Australia’s Waroona Shire president says given a lack of state funding, a rotting whale carcass might be towed out to sea and blown up. Premier Roger Cook plans on towing it to national cabinet instead for GST distribution discussions.
Literature
“That’s gratifying and yet at the same time people say, ‘Oh, you must be so happy’ and, well, no, I’m not actually. I’m just so ordinary.”
The novelist comments on her international acclaim after winning Britain’s prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for her collected diaries, How to End a Story.
