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“Meritless political referrals to key law-enforcement agencies waste resources that could be allocated to the investigation of serious matters, such as homicides.”
The attorney-general joins calls for Labor to apologise to Energy Minister Angus Taylor after the AFP dropped its investigation into him. Presumably someone will apologise to Annika Smethurst, Dan Oakes and Samuel Clark any day now.
BACKSPIN
“Whatever I thought of a person, I would never say, ‘Hey, you should take their name off a building.’ ”
The grand slam winner objects to any talk of renaming her arena. She would also, of course, never say that a fellow tennis great shouldn’t have kids with her female partner.
SEMANTICS
“Our headline was in no way intended to single out Chinese people.”
The Daily Telegraph editor deflects criticism of his newspaper’s headline “China kids stay home”. A simple misunderstanding: the tabloid isn’t racist; it just hates children.
SACRIFICE
“The boil has been lanced, let’s move on.”
The Nationals MP reflects on his failed bid for the party leadership this week. He should really come up with a nicer nickname for himself.
FEEDBACK
“I tore it up.”
The Democrat is asked for her thoughts on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. The president raved that the speech was the most torn-up SOTU in American history.
APROPOS
“I just want to ask them to apologise properly, that’s all.”
The Yolngu man says Sunrise hosts Samantha Armytage and David Koch should apologise in person over a discussion of the merits of the Stolen Generations. When they said it was a good thing, they meant for ratings – except they were wrong about that, too.
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