January 21 – 27, 2023
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Gareth Evans
Listening to the Voice
“At the heart of the case for the Voice is that it will mean Indigenous Australians will be recognised – for the first time in our founding national document, and for the first time in practice on anything like this scale – not just as the subjects, for better or worse, of government policy choices but as agents of policy change.”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
The Influence
Pixy Liao
An emotionally honest image by Finnish photographer Elina Brotherus inspired Pixy Liao to step away from her upbringing and explore her creative options.
Fiction
Sandbagging Yeats’ tower: finding the uncaged bird
“It’s not the ghost of the poet or his sad wife in the tower by the rushing water that we are looking for: sensation, awareness, presence. No, that’s circumstantial. It’s a bird, a rare bird we are hoping to spot to rewrite the truth of being there. We are searching for the ageless bird that opened its own cage and now opens the cages of other birds. The uncaging bird that won’t be trapped in a bird guide or a poem. ”
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
Media
“I knew what had happened straight away. I’d been thinking of a scene in Game of Thrones, but I’d forgotten to mention this.”
The TV presenter explains how he came to write a column calling for Meghan Markle to be stripped naked and pelted with faeces. The real missing context, however, is that he’s a gibbering old racist who is less sharp than most bowls of soup.
Music
“Elton is an icon and a legend. I’m just a naughty boy who needs a new belt.”
The presenter blames his belt after mooning the audience at an Elton John concert. Until now, most people didn’t know belts could get drunk.
Politics
“He was looking tricky before yesterday and with a doctored transcript now he looks even more tricky.”
The opposition leader complains that Anthony Albanese’s office edited a transcript in which the PM was discussing the Voice. To be honest, not as tricky as running a mendacious campaign against constitutional enshrinement.
Sport
“You fucked her on December 17 … You fucked her. You’re a fucking dog.”
The interior decorator confronts boyfriend Michael Clarke with the allegation that he cheated on her. The former cricketer is nicknamed “Pup” for his baby features and also for being “a fucking dog”.
Law
“It’s the first time across the nation that a jurisdiction has made a commitment to true decriminalisation …”
The daughter of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who died in police custody, celebrates Victoria’s decisions to decriminalise public drunkenness. The law disproportionately affected Indigenous people.
Deaths
“Jim Molan lived his life in service of our country.”
The prime minister remembers Liberal senator Jim Molan, who died of cancer this week. He was 72.
ISRAEL–HAMAS WAR
