April 23–29, 2016
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Pork and fennel sausages, onion gravy and mash
A dish that needs no reinvention: bangers and mash.
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Life
À propos de Pittwater
How our shifting perceptions of art reflect the moment we’re at in our lives.
The Quiz
Quotes
SCIENCE
“It doesn’t seem to me that the science is settled at all. But I’m not a scientist. I’m agnostic, really, on that.”
The attorney-general continues his rhetorical departure from reality on the subject of climate change, the right to be a bigot being a subset of the larger right to be wrong.
POLITICS
“I think it’s because they were born with a silver spoon up their rear end.”
The senator explains her poor working relationship with the Coalition. And with cutlery generally.
BIOSECURITY
“He looked like he was auditioning for The Godfather … It’s going off like a frog in a sock telling people that if you come into this nation and you don’t obey our laws, you’re in trouble.”
The deputy prime minister enthuses over the pro-quarantine video made by Johnny Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, after Heard escaped conviction for illegally importing two terriers. As a deterrent, the video was a poor second to Joyce’s initial plan, which centred around killing the dogs.
CAMPAIGNS
“I emphatically reject reports I pushed Cathy McGowan.”
The former member for Indi categorically denies pushing the current member for Indi. Nor did she call her names or write mean things about her in the bathrooms.
SEXUALITY
“A quick question to all my left wing friends out there… is it wrong for two homosexual men who are brothers to sleep with eachother?”
The NSW Liberal staffer uses Facebook as a “training ground” for arguments against marriage equality. In answer to his question, it’s quite wrong to spell it “eachother”.
COURT
“I bear in mind that in sentencing these two prisoners, I do not make them guinea pigs to bear the brunt of punishment for those who are not here and have not been prosecuted.”
The judge in the Reza Barati case sentences Joshua Kaluvia and Louie Efi to 10 years in prison for murdering the asylum seeker. They will both be out in three.
