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State opposition leader David Crisafulli (left) and Peter Dutton at the Queensland LNP’s annual convention in Brisbane on July 6. AAP Image / Russell Freeman

‘A little more adventurous’: Inside Dutton’s youth crime strategy

Jason Koutsoukis Peter Dutton is remaking the Coalition in the image of the Liberal National Party, wrongfooting a federal Labor government that has never before dealt with a Queensland opposition leader.

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Labor MP Zaneta Mascarenhas, Shenane Hogg and Senator Deborah O’Neill.
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood.
Little penguins at Phillip Island.
ASIC chair Joseph Longo at a parliamentary hearing on June 14.
Aged Care Minister Anika Wells at the Edge Hill Orchards Aged Care home in Manoora, Queensland.
Professor Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan studying bees in 2006.
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and party president Jordan Bardella in Paris after the second round of the French parliamentary elections.

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Letters, Cartoon & Editorial

Cartoon

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Editorial
The bashing state

In the video, aired by the ABC, the boy screams out in desperation. The officers pin him to the floor. A third officer joins, then a fourth. He is pulled up off the ground and his head is pushed forward as he is forced into another cell, his hands now cuffed behind him. A mattress is thrown in after him.

Letters

Personal convictions

In my federal electorate my Labor MP makes much of her “personal” convictions regarding, for example, the human rights of asylum seekers, and then rocks up to parliament to vote directly against these …

Privilege of anonymity

Using parliamentary privilege to denounce and condemn at least has the benefit that we can see and hear who says it and just what they said. Not so with anonymous political sources – “a senior …

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Culture
Novelist Chigozie Obioma.

Profile

Novelist Chigozie Obioma

Linda Jaivin The latest book by acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma, The Road to the Country, addresses brutal conflict and ideological tribalism front on.

Courtney Act, host of Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection.

Podcasts

Why aren’t institutional podcasts great?

Louisa Lim Podcasts created by museums, archives and galleries to draw attention to their extraordinary collections have huge potential but too often fail on their promise.
The Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia.

Visual Art

Reframing Gauguin at the National Gallery of Australia

Stephanie Radok A retrospective of Paul Gauguin at the National Gallery of Australia illuminates both the variety of his work and the colonisation it represented.

Books
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Ceridwen Dovey
Only the Astronauts

Image for article: The Mires

Tina Makereti
The Mires

Image for article: The End and Everything Before It

Finegan Kruckemeyer
The End and Everything Before It

Life
Image for article: Kangaroo tail in brik pastry

Food

Kangaroo tail in brik pastry

David Moyle

An aerial view of a harbourside suburb in Sydney.

Cities

Landlordism in the ‘lucky country’

Elizabeth Farrelly Australia’s housing crisis arises from a culture that normalises windfall gains, from the grants of stolen land more than two centuries ago, to the investors who flourish on rental income and tax breaks.

Olympic Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn.

Sport

Australia’s Rachael Gunn on breakdancing at the 2024 Olympics

Martin McKenzie-Murray As she prepares for the inaugural Olympics breakdancing event, Australian Rachael Gunn wrestles with what it means to compete in a form defined by Black and Hispanic culture – and disadvantage – in America.

Puzzles

The Cryptic

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Crossword No. 508

The Quiz

1. How many AFL clubs have birds as their mascots?
2. In which country is the highest mountain in the southern hemisphere? (Bonus point for naming the mountain.)
3. The first woman elected to Australia’s House of Representatives was Enid [who]?
4. What traditional Greek dish starting with ‘s’ is made with grilled meat cooked on a skewer?
5. In 1903, the Curies became the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize. What were their first names?
6. How do you write 58 in Roman numerals?
7. What is the world’s second most common blood type?
8. True or false: Queen Elizabeth II was born in Scotland.
9. Which of these countries is not part of the Commonwealth: (a) Bangladesh; (b) Bolivia; or (c) Botswana?
10. The final line-up of the group Destiny’s Child was Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams and which other singer?

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Quotes

POLITICS

“Well, he’s a thug.”

Malcolm TurnbullThe former prime minister explains that Peter Dutton is “less suited to be prime minister of a multicultural society like Australia” than anyone he could think of. He did, however, create a quasi-military super department and put him in charge of it.

DRIVING

“I believed the tech in my vehicle and the premier of New South Wales.”

Kyle SandilandsThe radio host explains that he was caught speeding because he thought Chris Minns had told him the limit had changed. This is the ninth time he has lost his licence.

MONEY

“Minimum of $14,000 per person … all proceeds going towards the federal election campaign (to wherever Peter nominates).”

Gina RinehartThe mining magnate hosts two fundraising dinners for Peter Dutton. She didn’t say how much it costs not to eat with Peter Dutton.

BRITAIN

“Don’t be sad. This is the magic of democracy.”

Jeremy HuntThe conservative politician looks on the bright side after a landslide election loss in the United Kingdom. Magic is one way to describe taking a government and reducing it by 175 seats.

MUSIC

“We’re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world. My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.’ ”

Melissa EtheridgeThe musician explains that the biological father of her two children was an enthusiastic sperm donor. You could call it Crosby, Stills, Nash and unknown young.

ART

“Three years ago I fantasised there would be a scandal: ‘Fake Picassos Exposed: Art Fraud!’ ”

Kirsha KaecheleThe artist reveals the “Picassos” in MONA’s ladies’ lounge were fakes she painted herself. The feelings of excluded men remain very real.

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