August 26 – September 1, 2023
News
Comment
Comment
Kieran Pender
How to protect whistleblowers
“What would we not know were it but for brave whistleblowers speaking up? And what do we not know right now because the cost of courage in Australia is too high? These are the questions that keep me awake at night, and they are the reasons the Human Rights Law Centre is this week launching the Whistleblower Project, a new initiative to protect and empower Australian whistleblowers.”
Comment
Paul Bongiorno
Labor’s small target syndrome
“When Tanya Plibersek was collared on the sidelines of last weekend’s conference, her assessment of how the government sees itself was particularly interesting. She fobbed off criticism that the old party of passionate firebrands from the left had become a conservative shadow of its former self.”
Comment
John Hewson
Give women a sporting chance
“The phenomenon of the Matildas clearly caught our political leaders off guard, leading to a series of attempts to clamber on, if not capitalise on, the bandwagon. Their ascendance in the competition launched an auction between the national leaders, with a flurry of offers of financial support for women’s sport.”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
Profile
Choreographer Michelle Ryan
When Michelle Ryan was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she thought her dance career was over – it instead led her to a richer understanding of what dance could be.
Books
Life
Puzzles
Quotes
Museums
“We are working alongside outside experts to complete a definitive account of what is missing, damaged and stolen.”
The director of the British Museum responds to news that thousands of the museum’s mostly stolen objects have been stolen again from the museum. Steal me once, shame on you, et cetera.
Media
“Mr Murdoch said when he discontinued the proceedings that he did not wish to further enable Crikey’s use of the court to litigate a case from another jurisdiction...”
Lachlan Murdoch’s lawyer, in an aborted defamation case, says his client will pay Crikey’s $1.3 million legal fees. The only shame is that it’s too late for James Packer to invest as well.
Food
“Despite the more stable environment, our overall customer experience was inconsistent…”
The Woolworths chief executive announces his company’s $1.6 billion full-year profit. He is what’s known as a “cost of living pressure”.
Politics
“Only a moron goes down this path time after time, with the same disastrous result time after time.”
The NSW upper house member responds after being kicked out of One Nation. It’s not clear who the moron is in this, but as a rule of thumb it’s usually Mark.
Race
“It didn’t come from a place of hatred.”
The opposition leader reflects on his comments about so-called “African gangs”. For him it’s the same as saying it came from the head, not the heart.
Music
“It has been the absolute wildest journey to get here, and it really all started during the seven-month stint in solitary confinement.”
The founder of the disastrous Fyre Festival announces he is relaunching the event after being released from prison. If nothing else, he now has a better understanding of accommodation requirements.
Errata
In 2020, The Saturday Paper ran a number of stories relating to branch-stacking allegations made against Marcus Bastiaan. The Saturday Paper did not intend to imply any criminality on the part of Mr Bastiaan - or to suggest that such a claim had been made.
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