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Pipis and periwinkles with new potatoes and seaweed butter
“The pipi is defined by a triangular shell and is found in the shallows of estuaries and beach sand flats. Pipis are very accessible to gather and for the next level of funk, we bring in the periwinkle. This dish is a bit of a celebration of all things shallow-water-gathering. Plus, the addition of potatoes and butter has never hurt a thing.”
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TAX
“I think those forgotten people, those people that don’t have organised lobbyists to speak for them, also ought to be in the calculation of the government at the moment.”
The former treasurer makes the case for people earning $200,000 a year. It’s probably not what Robert Menzies was talking about when he coined the phrase, but then not much in the modern Liberal Party is.
BANKS
“We are truly sorry. The issues highlighted in our advice business are unacceptable.”
The interim chairman at AMP fronts shareholders after findings at the banking royal commission. The company’s solution so far has been to lose all its female board members.
BROADCAST
“Stable, adequate funding is essential if we are to continue to deliver for Australian audiences.”
The ABC’s managing director responds to the more than $120 million in cuts levelled against the broadcaster. The government agrees with her, which is why it’s refusing the money.
REFLECTION
“Attempts to make it a more right-wing party have never ended well… Abbott’s leadership was probably the only time that the Liberal Party in government pursued a set of policies so ideologically right-wing.”
The former attorney-general reflects on the Abbott years. If he consulted the diary he released after years of legal battle, he would remember he was a minister in the very same government.
BOOKS
“I am listening to and learning from women’s stories in this essential and overdue cultural moment.”
The author pulls out of the Sydney Writers’ Festival after being accused of forcibly kissing a graduate student. His definition of “learning” remains imperfect.
INVESTMENT
“I’m starting a candy company and it’s going to be amazing.”
The entrepreneur announces he is getting into sweets, presumably because Oompa Loompas can’t be unionised. In other surprising news, he is dating the singer Grimes.
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