News
Opinion
Letters, Poem & Editorial
Culture
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
FAMILY
“Meet Winter, Arabella’s birthday dream come true and the newest member of the Kushner family.”
The American first daughter introduces the world to her new family pet. The dog is, perhaps unsurprisingly, extremely white.
ENVIRONMENT
“Emissions go up and down.”
The energy minister seeks to address the confusion around his assertion that Australia’s emissions are going down. To clarify, they are not not going up.
EMPLOYMENT
“People have to be prepared to move sometimes out of their comfort zone.”
The deputy prime minister suggests Newstart is “meagre” but enables people to move towns to find a job. Politicians also have a travel allowance, which works out to a week of Newstart for every day they are in Canberra.
WAGES
“We would like to thank Gary, George and Matt for their contribution over the past 11 years.”
The Network Ten chief farewells the MasterChef hosts who walked away from contract negotiations after being denied a 40 per cent pay rise. The trio were only demanding $1.5 million each a year, merely a fifth of what Calombaris grifted from his workers.
MUSIC
“I don’t censor his art, if I can be a muse for it.”
The actress laughs off a lyric sung by her husband, Keith Urban: “She’s a maniac in the bed, but a brainiac in her head.” One of those rare occasions where censorship isn’t such a bad thing.
ADVICE
“Look at your own likeable and unlikeable behaviours and try to reduce the list of unlikeable behaviours.”
The author stirs controversy with his advice for students. Telling kids who are being bullied to look at themselves would go on the “unlikeable” list.
Take a stand
while sitting down.
Subscribe to The Saturday Paper
for less than $2.20 a week.
Get the news you need
to your inbox.
