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Nick Xenophon’s ploy to price carbon
By extending a lifeline to Direct Action, independent senator Nick Xenophon may yet sneak in a carbon price.
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The Quiz
1. Brad Pitt stars in which current-release film set in World War II?
2. What is the name of the stock exchange index in Hong Kong?
3. On Christmas Day, if it’s noon in Canberra, what time is it in London?
4. How many United States of America state names begin with the letter W? (Bonus points for naming them.)
5. Which horse won last year’s Caulfield Cup and last Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes?
6. Where on the body would you wear a balmoral?
7. Which flower is most associated with Dame Edna Everage?
8. Who is the author of the young-adult fiction Twilight series?
9. What is the name for a maker of barrels?
10. What Australian marsupial would you associate with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
Quotes
LITERATURE
“Novels are life, or they are nothing.”
The Tasmanian author accepts the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North, describing himself as the chicken in a chook raffle.
CELEBRITY
“These pictures are good PR for these celebrities. Some of them were not that known before. Now people are talking about them.”
The Russian technology guru explains why he is hosting stolen nude photographs of more than 100 celebrities.
WARFARE
“The moment between the machine gun firing on the civilians and hearing the whimpering of children caught in the gunfire was very short but it still remains with us all.”
The platoon commander recalls the accidental massacre at Nui Dat during the Vietnam War, claiming it was suggested he place weapons on the murdered civilians to make them look like Viet Cong.
ENERGY
“Let’s have no demonisation of coal. Coal is good for humanity.”
The prime minister opens the $4.2 billion Caval Ridge coalmine in Moranbah, Queensland. Comforting from a government that thinks wind farms a “blight on the landscape”.
MUSIC
“I’m sorry about that. I had this beautiful idea and we kind of got carried away with ourselves.”
The U2 frontman apologises for forcing the download of his latest album on 500 million iTunes users. No apology as yet for the albums Rattle and Hum or No Line on the Horizon.
POLITICS
“It doesn’t reflect well on me – I realise that.”
The sacked former Ted Baillieu adviser reflects on his own claims that he was running a pornography ring out of the Victorian parliament.
