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Billion dollar solar panel boost

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today visit NSW coal country to announce a landmark $1bn fund to …

Coalition, Greens and cross bench unite to reject Labor’s immigration bill

Labor’s attempt to rush extraordinary immigration powers through parliament has been rejected by the …

Senate inquiry accuses PwC of attempted cover up

A senate committee has accused consultancy firm PwC of attempting to cover up the tax leaks scandal, …

Splendour in the Grass cancelled amid festival crisis

Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled just seven days after tickets went on sale, in the latest of …

Thailand votes for gay marriage rights

Thailand’s lower house has approved a marriage equality bill that would make the country the first …

News

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Tasmania Police Inspector Paul Reynolds in uniform.

News

Tasmanian deputy premier was told about paedophile police officer

In the final week of the Tasmanian election campaign, it has been revealed the state’s deputy premier was given a briefing note on a paedophile police officer days before the senior sergeant was honoured with an official funeral.

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A woman wears a mask on a Sydney street.

News

Why this Covid wave is different

ANALYSIS: The current wave of Covid-19 is the largest and fastest in almost two years, and yet there’s little public acknowledgement of its existence. How dangerous is it?

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How to keep corporations honest

Prior to the 2019 election, the Labor opposition proposed introducing a reward scheme to encourage whistleblowers. After months of an inquiry into price gouging, the benefits of incentivising people to speak up about corporate wrongdoing have never been clearer. It’s time for the government to revisit that pledge.

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Anjali Sharma speaks at Parliament House.

News

Labor’s chance to protect youth over fossil fuels

ANALYSIS: The duty of care bill currently before the Senate gives this government a chance to put the interests of young people before those of the fossil fuel industry.

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A woman outside a damaged building following Israeli bombings in Rafah.

World

Netanyahu rejects Biden to push ahead with Rafah plan

Peters hosts “convivial” visit by Chinese foreign minister. Putin credits Ukraine war for election success. Japanese economy finally starts growing.


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Letters, Cartoon & Editorial

Cartoon

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Editorial
A riddle of presumption on Palestinian visas

When Australia cancelled the visas of Palestinians fleeing Gaza, it did so with no special advice. Nothing had changed in the applications and no new information had been gathered.

Letters

Where’s the honesty?

That Peter Dutton and the conservatives are going down the nuclear path beggars belief (Mike Seccombe, “ ‘The most beige person’: The man behind the Coalition’s nuclear plans”, …

The perfect place

On Tuesday, March 12, Peter Dutton said he would soon reveal six potential sites for nuclear power stations across Australia. I suggest one of these be at the north-east end of Brisbane Airport, opposite the Port …

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10 YEARS OF THE SATURDAY PAPER

To celebrate The Saturday Paper's first decade we are unlocking a series of highlights from the archive.

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News

Exclusive: Women kidnapped, Australian’s family abandoned

In interviews with The Saturday Paper, Afghan women describe their fears of retribution and torture by the Taliban, while others in Pakistan hope to be granted asylum by the Australian government.

Culture

Artist Archie Moore.

Profile

Artist Archie Moore

Archie Moore is preparing to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale – as only the second solo Indigenous artist to do so – with works inspired by his family’s history.

The Venus of Willendorf figurine.

The Influence

Laure Prouvost

For French artist Laure Prouvost, the idea of the grandmother – symbolised in the Palaeolithic figurine the Venus of Willendorf – breaks the boundaries between the real and the surreal.

Fiction

Midsummer, night

“It was still light outside, just a little, when the children’s mother lay down in the spare bed with the younger child to help him sleep, their usual kind of tucking-in ritual, just without the sheets. Except that she too was enervated by the heat and when I looked in, half an hour later, she was curled up on her side and snoring gently. The dog, never one to let the barest hint of an opportunity pass her by, snaked around my legs and up onto the mattress in one swift movement, turned her habitual three circles and settled in too. I let them be and returned to my book on the couch downstairs.”

Meeting a Mangrove (2024) by Christopher Bassi.

Visual Art

The 18th Adelaide Biennial

The 18th Adelaide Biennial, Inner Sanctum, invites us to reimagine both our internal and external worlds.

Album artwork for Psykos.

Music

Bladee and Yung Lean’s Psykos

The new collaborative album from cult Swedish rappers Bladee and Yung Lean, Psykos, is bleak but endlessly fascinating.

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Film

Late Night with the Devil

The indie horror film Late Night with the Devil, directed by Australian brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes, is a superbly judged and deeply disturbing homage to 1970s pulp.

Books

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Anne Manne
Crimes of the Cross

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Liam Pieper
Appreciation

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Ross King
The Shortest History of Italy

Life

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Food

Four soft goat’s curd recipes

A blister pack of antipsychotic medication.

Health

The dangers of overprescribing medications for children

While psychotropic drugs can be highly effective in treating psychiatric conditions, there are concerns they are wrongly being used as a first resort for young people.

A jacaranda tree stretches out over a suburban pavement.

Gardening

The in-between

The liminal spaces are where interesting things happen, where change is effected – in the garden, as in life.

Sport

Sam Kerr and the greedy news cycle

Idolised one minute and condemned the next, Sam Kerr is the perfect example of how the public fetishises celebrity, aided and abetted by a greedy news cycle.

Sam Kerr makes a heart with her hands.

Puzzles

Quotes

Farewells

“You will also be pleased to know that Scott welcomes the opportunity to postpone…”

Scott BriggsThe organiser of Scott Morrison’s farewell dinner announces it has been cancelled, reportedly because of lack of interest. Morrison confirmed his own attendance eight times but didn’t tell anyone

Art

“Mr Lau did get to experience the artwork, which was his exclusion.”

Catherine ScottThe lawyer representing Kirsha Kaechele in the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal fights a complaint over an artwork that only admits women. This is what happens when men don’t have hobbies.

Politics

“If you can get sued out of a job, no one’s going to stand for leadership.”

John PesuttoThe Victorian Liberal leader responds to new defamation cases brought against him by anti-trans activists who protested alongside neo-Nazis. He’d be quite likeable if he wasn’t John Pesutto.

Race

“I was called a racist, of course … But today, seven out of the top 10 source countries for immigration to Australia are in Asia…”

Pauline HansonThe One Nation leader says she was “right” to claim Australia was being swamped by Asians. She’d call it vindication, but she’s convinced that’s a type of curry.

Diplomacy

“I don’t know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty.”   

Donald TrumpThe presidential hopeful says that if he wins, he would not like to see Kevin Rudd remain as ambassador to the US. In fairness, Rudd didn’t say anything about Trump that Rudd’s own party hadn’t said about Rudd.

Economics

“Everyone tells me their problems privately. No one says it publicly.”   

Peter DuttonThe opposition leader says chief executives have a “moral obligation” to voice concerns about the economy. Of course, that obligation does not extend to concerns over climate change or Indigenous rights.

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