Based on Labour’s shadow cabinet, 84% went to comprehensive schools, 10% went to private schools and 6% to state grammar schools.
That would mean for the first time the cabinet closely reflected British society.
Morrison was profoundly vacant, and yet energetic in the retention of his power. Why? And to what end? I’m left with the contradiction of a shameless, volatile and controlling man with no discernible purpose. | Martin McKenzie-Murray in
@THEMONTHLY
It’s ironic that Dutton is so eagerly pushing “regional and local voices” in his bid to oppose the voice to parliament. Dutton has zero interest in actually listening to local voices – at least not from those who don’t share his views.
@rachelrwithers
“Why did Minister Tudge say in 2016, ‘We will hunt you down?’ He was proposing to hunt citizens of this country down for debts they didn’t owe using legal power that he didn’t have.” Talk about a witch-hunt. |
@rachelrwithers
in
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“I think love is the opposite of fear, at least for me. To be open-hearted and to live like Frank Herbert says: I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.” My conversation about life, work and
@dunemovie
with Timotheé Chalamet...
I interviewed the actor Austin Butler for today's
@satpaper
. We chatted about masculinity, motorbikes and his approach to acting and he was extremely personable and sincere. You can read it here, or just look at his face:
@hardenuppete
I'd point to Rick Morton's coverage here, in which he does report on Ms Young's evidence and shows the discrepancies in Reynolds' initial comments and testimony:
"After more than a decade of austerity, British five-year-olds are a full centimeter shorter now than they were in 2010, and they are becoming significantly shorter than children in other countries." -
@garyyounge
in
@nybooks
.
It is ludicrous to hear the Libs decry “Labor’s” cost-of-living crisis, when they oversaw a decade in which 93 per cent of economic growth went to the top 10 per cent (far worse than in other nations).
#auspol
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
"Labor is going to need to learn to either negotiate with Greens and independents or neutralise their threat by listening to voters and addressing some of their concerns."
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
#auspol
#HousingCrisis
"It took our prime minister almost a week and the involvement of Victoria’s counter-terror force to prompt comment – and he still equivocated and shoehorned campaign talking points into his statement." - Martin McKenzie-Murray in
@THEMONTHLY
Scott Morrison wants people who’ve lost work to live on just $40 a day. That won’t help them get a job. It’ll force them into poverty.
Labor wants a permanent increase to JobSeeker payments, so Australians who are out of work can live with dignity.
I studied naturopathy and practiced it and never EVER would me or any of the other students consider using what we learned instead of orthodox medicine to treat cancer. Please don't think this is representative of qualified naturopaths.
Dan Tehan simply could not keep up, as leading “Yes” campaigner Noel Pearson was forced to repeatedly school him on how the Constitution works and why the legislation outlining the detail comes later. |
@rachelrwithers
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#auspol
#QandA
@murpharoo
Interesting that Jim "I have given my word that I will not run for the Senate again.” Molan pushed two women down the Coalition's Senate ticket.
"No officer has been found criminally liable for the death of any of the more than 500 Indigenous Australians who have died in custody. Indeed, no police officer has ever been punished for killing an Aboriginal person in Australia."
#auspol
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Bluesfest's Peter Noble triples-down on his decision to book Sticky Fingers. "It has been suggested that because of the listing of
#stickyfingers
,
#bluesfest
and I endorsed the lead singer's ancient troubled behaviour. That suggestion is...actionable as being defamatory."
Very glad to see the debut of a 'Games' section in this weekend's edition of
@satpaper
. Recognising the talent of Australia's video games creators is long overdue in the Australian media, thank you
@alisoncroggon
.
Morry Schwartz's influence on Australian media and publishing has been transformative. It's hard to underestimate how his faith in longform journalism has shaped national discussions. It's been such a privilege to work in his orbit over the last decade.
Almost all of the time,
#Megalopolis
is a masterpiece in the vein of Showgirls, The Fountain and Tree of Life. When it isn’t, it really isn’t. About 90% of people who stream this film won't make it to the end but good GOD there is nothing else like this.
#Cannes2024
.
@rachelrwithers
on how Morrison has not only strengthened the case for a republic but also revealed how little some “constitutional conservatives” actually care about constitutional norms, checks and balances.
#AusPol
#Morrisongate
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It’s a lot to get into but Tarantino has made his most specific, realistic and gentle film in
#OnceUponATimeInHollywood
. Really liked it, though there’s a lot to get into with regard to its lack of female characters, Robbie has a surprisingly small role.
#Cannes2019
A huge thank you to everyone who read, subscribed to or tweeted about
@SatPaper
this year. Tomorrow's summer edition might just be the year's standout.
"Today’s proceedings are an awful reminder that when it comes to refugee policy, Australian politics remains as hideous as ever, with Labor willing to buy into harmful fears, and the media more than happy to amplify the scare campaigns."
@rachelrwithers
Ranveer Singh makes a perfectly normal arrival at the
@Marrakech_Fest
. “I’m filled with gratitude. Thank you your royal highness for being such a great patron of the arts.”
#RanveerSingh
Immediately my favourite Olympian so far. Jian Fang Lay is on her sixth Olympics, came in as a last minute substitute to the Australian
#TableTennis
team, 48-years-old, unchanging expression just utterly OWNED her first two games.
#AUS
#TokyoOlympics
"Vapour Trail is everything the superfan could hope for. I hug a similarly dewy-eyed stranger and we both nod in understanding. This is as good as it gets."
My review of last night's
@rideox4
show at
@ForumMelbourne
for
@TheMusicMelb
:
@sallyrugg
@Optus
This also happened to me today! Within 5 minutes of landing in Dubai I had three emails and messages in succession telling me I had spent $150 on roaming (which I have switched off on my phone). Ticked off? You bet.
"Is it just more colonialism, or is there going to be a genuine attempt to make sure that Aboriginal people are invited and given opportunities to be involved?” My piece in today's
@satpaper
is about the rise of Australia's native foods industry.
@caitecassidy
@lesstenny
Same! Mine was around $80k when I graduated, now around $110k, despite paying off around $7k. Quite sure my situation isn't unusual. Hopefully other people got a better paying degree than mine (Journalism).
@nytimes
I'm intrigued as to how any health professional, anyone who has made the Hippocratic oath, can vote Republican after this. Such disdain for other people's hard work and expertise.
Happy eighth birthday to The Saturday Paper. In the words of Fatboy Slim, you've come a long way...
Photo: Then Minister for Communications,
@TurnbullMalcolm
, launches
@SatPaper
March 1, 2014.
“It almost seems unnecessary to list it all, but Peter Dutton is the sort of politician who has done so many fucked-up things that it’s hard to remember them all (though perhaps that’s the point).”
@rachelrwithers
in
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"If this is the final Pet Shop Boys album – which, given Lowe and Tennant’s irrepressible work ethic, I doubt – what a way to go."
Love this review of the new
@petshopboys
album, Nonetheless, by Shaad D'Souza:
Whose head will this really be on? And why is it always on the Greens to compromise, and not on the party of government that is putting forward policies that do not have majority support? |
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
#Auspol2023
#auspol
The Australian Open is heading for 390,000 spectators - or close to 50 per cent of normal capacity - across 14 days of competition. More in today's blog ....
#AustralianOpen2021
It is hard to conceive of a more devastating indictment of a government, or a more catastrophic, complete failure. The victims are in the thousands, and their number is growing.
A truly remarkable investigation from
@nickfeik
in
@THEMONTHLY
.
One interesting trend at
#Cannes2023
: Three first time directors of three very different-looking films have mentioned Andrea Arnold’s American Honey as an influence.
In every area, Dutton is doing what he can to pour fuel on the fire – lying, dividing, fearmongering and stoking hatred, all while having the gall to demand Albanese cancel his international travel plans to “repair social cohesion”.
-
@rachelrwithers
@GuyLodge
@guardianfilm
I’d never paid much attention to Pattinson until The Lighthouse, he’s amazing in that. And then he turned up for a surprise Q&A and I instantly declared him the most beautiful human since River Phoenix. Like, breathtakingly handsome.
Up early for a chat with the enthused director Baz Luhrmann and his latest pair of beautiful and very grateful actors, Olivia DeJonge (Priscilla) and Austin Butler (Elvis).
.
@TraceySpicer
: “Storytelling is incredibly important – probably the most important part of the
#MeToo
movement – but it’s got to the stage where we need more than the hashtag. We need practical solutions for an endemic problem.”
Am happy to report that during a key scene in the new Seth Rogen / Charlize Theron romantic comedy ‘Long Shot’ the
#TwinPeaks
gold box set is clearly visible on the shelf of Seth Rogen’s Brooklyn loft. You’re welcome.
Am working at a bar and nearby a man and woman, very clearly on their first date, took their seats. The guy is so nervous that it took less than five minutes for him to say, “what’s your favourite Happy Gilm...I mean, what’s your favourite Adam Sandler film?”
What does it say about our justice system that seeking to use it should pose an “unacceptable risk” to the life of a complainant? It speaks to a system that is deeply broken, one that pushes alleged victims to breaking point.
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
It's 10am on June 15, 2022. Time to announce whether the Fair Work Commission will determine a new minimum wage and, in no coincidence at all, TISM are back...
"It remains to be seen how these groups of protestors, which have been so riled up to despise Labor government overreach, will react to the news that the NSW government has approved plans to extend the state’s COVID-19 emergency powers until March 2023."
“If the Peter Dutton–led Liberals won’t listen to the pollsters, the results, the electoral maths, the electoral reviews, Indigenous Australians, women, science or the clanging death knell of their party, why would they listen to Archer?”
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
#auspol
Peter Dutton has turned what could have been a moment of unity into a race-based culture war, all to suit his own political ends, to shore up his leadership and potentially chalk up a win in a year filled with Liberal losses.
@rachelrwithers
in
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Australia’s border regime so powerful and intimidating that even a gravely ill child on the verge of death seeing a doctor could bring it down
#auspol
#KidsOffNauru
"Every time a government minister admits they couldn’t survive on the rate, but does nothing to lift it, they are admitting that they know this could kill people."
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
.
#auspol
#jobseeker
It’s not just that the Coalition voted against the package, writes
@rachelrwithers
in
@THEMONTHLY
. It’s the immature way they behaved, putting forward ludicrous arguments that made little sense, and often containing more than a hint of climate denialism.