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Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.
2006.
Western Australia.
Mace.
36.
Homonyms.
Silver. (Bonus points: pearl; ruby; gold.)
Karl Marx.
63 points (Hawthorn 137; Sydney Swans 74).
The right to keep and bear arms.
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Contents
News
Sexual abuse survivor rebukes Hillsong head Rick Morton
Exclusive: Detainees denied cold water, cooling before NT prison riot Stella Maynard
Labor changes message on coal Karen Middleton
Selling the real estate dream Chris Nash
Women campaign to raise Newstart rate Jane Caro
NZ volcano: Australian death toll climbs Jonathan Pearlman
Opinion
Australia should lead way on refugees Peter Khalil
PM’s clouded judgement on climate Paul Bongiorno
Gadfly: Houston calling Richard Ackland
Letters & Editorial
Jon Kudelka cartoon, December 14, 2019 Jon Kudelka
Indigenous numbers beat Lambie’s
Culture
Writer Lindy West Sam van Zweden
Harry Styles’ Fine Line Brodie Lancaster
Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office’s In Absence Lisa Radford
Portfolio Maxine Beneba Clarke
Books
The Best Australian Science Writing 2019 Reviewer: Linda Jaivin
Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung Reviewer: Andrew Fuhrmann
Incidental Inventions Reviewer: Fiona Wright
Life
Tiramisu milk punch Darren Leaney
Thalidomide survivors Denham Sadler
Track cycling world champion Stephanie Morton Kieran Pender
The Quiz
Which team won this year’s WBBL championship? Cindy MacDonald
This week
Sexual abuse survivor rebukes Hillsong head
Rick Morton While Brian Houston celebrates Hillsong’s new multimillion-dollar church in New York, a victim of his father’s sexual abuse crowdfunds to pay for cancer treatment.It’s just hypocrisy, isn’t it? It’s nothing to them to walk over some people to achieve their dreams … They run a dreadful business and I use that word deliberately. It’s a business, not a church.
Exclusive: Detainees denied cold water, cooling before NT prison riot
Stella Maynard Documents released under freedom of information reveal the brutal conditions as a riot unfolded at Alice Springs Correctional Centre.
Karen Middleton In an attempt to win back Queensland voters, Anthony Albanese expressed support for coal exports this week, confirming that Labor’s path back to government remains fraught.
Chris Nash News stories and real estate websites paint a picture of an ever booming and expanding property market. The reality may be quite different.
Sam van Zweden Using her brilliant wit as a tool for political activism, writer Lindy West has fought for social justice issues such as fat liberation and abortion rights. The author of Shrill – now an acclaimed TV series – and The Witches Are Coming speaks about her work. “There’s something intoxicating about being defiant, especially when you start to articulate all the ways in which your life has been made smaller and more difficult by systems of power.”
Australia should lead way on refugees
Peter Khalil Next week, the first United Nations Global Refugee Forum will take place, where member states will try to co-ordinate a response to the largest global refugee crisis since World War II. It is the first step towards a necessary international processing and resettlement agreement. Marise Payne, Australia’s foreign minister, has not committed to attending. Nor has the Morrison government made any public statement about what role Australia might play in the UN talks.
PM’s clouded judgement on climate
Paul Bongiorno On a day when thick, acrid smoke made Australia’s largest city virtually uninhabitable, the prime minister claimed climate policy success. Scott Morrison told a news conference – which had been called not to respond to the crisis but to discuss the freedom of religions to discriminate – that ‘our actions on climate change are getting the results they’re intended to get’. No one could miss the irony.
Richard Ackland What a miracle it was that Brian Houston, leader of the Hillbilly Church and spiritual adviser to Schmo Morrison, managed to get his White House ban lifted. There he was inside the cabinet room, no less, announcing he had prayed for the Pussy Grabber, presumably asking God to remedy his bone spurs.
We don’t know for sure if Nero played violin while Rome burnt. If it did happen, it was likely a different instrument, perhaps a kithara. But that other question – of whether a leader could be so frivolous and uncaring in the face of such catastrophe – was answered this week by Scott Morrison.
Women campaign to raise Newstart rate
Jane Caro Six women who have experienced the struggle of living on Newstart explain why they have turned to activism.
NZ volcano: Australian death toll climbs
Jonathan Pearlman Zelensky and Putin meet for the first time. Whakaari/White Island volcano eruption. Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar in International Court of Justice. Widespread concerns about Afghanistan war revealed in Washington Post.
Brodie Lancaster Harry Styles’ second solo album, Fine Line, is at its best when the pop star reveals his vulnerable side, but the record needs some reining in.
Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office’s In Absence
Lisa Radford At NGV International, an architectural collaboration between Edition Office and Yhonnie Scarce invites visitors to reflect on the erasures of colonisation.
Denham Sadler A senate inquiry into thalidomide in March called for survivors to be better supported and compensated. Months later the government still has done nothing.
Track cycling world champion Stephanie Morton
Kieran Pender Following Anna Meares’ retirement, Stephanie Morton has emerged as Australia’s new track sprinting star. This weekend the reigning world champion races in Brisbane, but her sights are firmly set on Tokyo 2020.
Which team won this year’s WBBL championship?
Cindy MacDonald Test your general knowledge with our weekly quiz.
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