June 21 - 27, 2014
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Meringue with passionfruit curd
What's the quintessential Australian dish? Meringue with passionfruit, of course.
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Unfolding Modernism at the 14th Venice Biennale
The singular vision of Dutch master Rem Koolhaas has delivered an unusually pluralist Venice Biennale.
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POLITICS
“My time of departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight. I have run the race. I have kept the faith.”
The sixth longest-serving senator since Federation, scourge of racists and environmentalists alike, proves three metaphors are better than one. Bozzie, who once campaigned under the slogan “He’s not pretty, but he’s pretty effective”, gave his valedictory speech after 31 years in the upper house.
DIPLOMACY
“We’re not getting the outcomes we should expect from the billions and billions of dollars we invest in aid, so I want to see better outcomes.”
The foreign affairs minister explains how slashing foreign aid will help developing nations.
LANGUAGE
“Bonsoir. Je m’appelle Antoine. Je suis ici pour arrête les bateaux.”
The prime minister uses the press gallery’s Midwinter Ball to prove he can exploit racist anxiety in two languages, bringing schoolboy French to his promise to stop the boats.
ENVIRONMENT
“We’ve delivered nearly everything that UNESCO has asked of us, and by next year we’ll have done that.”
The Queensland environment minister takes a broad definition of “nearly” as he confronts criticism of dumping on the Great Barrier Reef at the United Nations’ World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar.
SPORT
“If this was the 15th century, songs would be written about this game.”
The ESPN reporter waxes religious about Australia’s 3-2 loss to the Netherlands at the World Cup in Brazil.
CRIME
“Whers my money? Tik tok!”
Someone semi-literate and very angry scrawls the missive on a white garage door on the Gold Coast, in what may or may not have been the blood of a decapitated cat. The car in the driveway was also torched. Police believe the crime involved a fight over a girl and a sum of $1000 to be paid to an aggrieved suitor.
