May 28 – June 3, 2022
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Simon Holmes à Court
Lessons from the teal seats
“The phrase was coined by a volunteer for Sophie Scamps in Mackellar, but it was just as fitting in Kooyong or Goldstein or anywhere else that people were experiencing the optimism and satisfaction of engaging for the first time in a political campaign. The phrase was ‘active hope’.”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
The Influence
Jimi Bani
A book of Torres Strait Island legends illustrated by his grandfather inspired Jimi Bani to discover his heritage.
Fiction
I love ya, mate
“Hey man, for Rick? Yeah, yeah, thanks. Cool. How’s, ah, how’s your night been going? Yeah, same here. Good. Good. What, ah, what time did you start? Right… right… Where’d you start from? Oh, cool, yeah, that’s pretty far away, hey? You try and get one last trip that goes back out that way? Cool. Hey, ah, can I change the destination?”
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
Media
“Welcome to the first meeting of the new resistance.”
The Sky News host emotionally declares himself a rebel leader following Scott Morrison’s defeat. His show has always felt like an impotence commercial and now it’s stopped pretending to be anything else.
Succession
“He doesn’t seem to listen. He’s extremely conservative. I actually don’t think he’s that smart.”
The West Australian premier offers his view of Peter Dutton, who is favoured to become the next federal opposition leader. Party officials are busy fitting the member for Dickson with eyelashes and working out what to do with his tail.
Bigotry
“Full disclosure: in real life, of course, I support trans rights.”
The comic opens his Netflix special with a string of slurs against trans women. A man who laboured for years under the misapprehension that he invented atheism is now as one with the Catholic Church.
Parties
“There was excessive alcohol consumption … One individual was sick.”
The senior British civil servant releases her final report into lockdown parties at 10 Downing Street. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he takes “full responsibility”, which presumably means sending money on birthdays and seeking an injunction to deny paternity.
Colleagues
“Josh, I can’t just call a friend – I can refer to him as a brother. Josh and I have a deep and abiding friendship.”
The former prime minister acknowledges his defeated treasurer during a concession speech. Only family would talk that much about trans athletes at lunch.
Guns
“This isn’t inevitable. These kids weren’t ‘unlucky’. This only happens in this country, and nowhere else.”
The Democrat demands gun reform on the floor of the United States senate, a day after his country’s second deadliest school shooting. No joke for this one, only sadness.
