March 30 – April 5, 2024

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Catholic archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher.

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Penny Wong and Wang Yi shake hands.
Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
Madeleine King speaking during Question Time
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Vladimir Putin lights a candle.

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Letters, Cartoon & Editorial

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Editorial
Spineless indecency

This is what happens when you take the law out of law. It is politics that has fixed its teeth but not its spine. It smiles and hunches, a kind of moral pariah, aware of its own evil but also relishing in it.

Letters

Brutal treatment

For Clare O’Neil and her enablers in the Labor government, non-citizens who were released into the community after being illegally detained indefinitely, and Palestinians fleeing from Gaza who had their visas …

Climate triggers

The Albanese government is not currently offering a duty of care for young people’s future climate (Anjali Sharma, “Future proofing”, March 23-29). In December, the environment minister confirmed …

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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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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

Actor Nadine Garner.

Profile

Actor Nadine Garner

In almost four decades of acting, Nadine Garner, now starring in Melbourne Theatre Company’s The Almighty Sometimes, has seen the stage and screen become kinder places.

A performer sings in a double-denim outfit.

Opera

Opera Australia’s West Side Story

Opera Australia’s magnificent outdoor production of West Side Story remains true to this classic’s tragic social vision.

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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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Gail Jones
One Another

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Sloane Crosley
Grief Is for People

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Abbey Lay
Lead Us Not

Life

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Food

Braised cuttlefish with cannellini beans

A woman standing in front of her property. the sky a stark orange.

Environment

Gender strategy fails climate test

Climate-fuelled disasters disproportionately affect women and girls and will undo progress towards gender equality, unless something is done now to protect hard-won gains.

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Culture

Australia’s first miners

In an extract from his book Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra, Bruce Pascoe travels to Mithaka Country in south-west Queensland and finds evidence of a vast, ancient mining and trading operation.

Sport

Public money and Olympics, Comm Games debacles

A tale of two states and their bids to host world-class sporting tournaments exposes the myths surrounding the benefits of such events versus their monumental costs.

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Puzzles

Quotes

Discourse

“To the brave women here, who have the courage to speak out in a society that women are being silenced, thank you.”

Matthew TriheyThe nationalist addresses a rally of anti-trans activists in Melbourne. He insists he is not a Nazi and they insist they are not a hate group.

Media

“Network Seven only ever covered reasonable travel for filming and accommodation.”

Bruce LehrmannThe former Liberal staffer denies the television network paid for him to spend time with a Thai masseuse while negotiating an interview. Somehow this story also involves the New South Wales police commissioner sacking her media adviser.

Education

“They fought us tooth and nail on voting, and then at the last minute they surrendered.”

Dallas MorganThe Newington College old boy speaks after a special meeting regarding the school’s shift to co-education. The grown men who formerly attended the school are worried about girls being enrolled because they’re too emotional.

Politics

“Grandparents are having to pick up their grandchildren’s school fees.”

Tim WilsonThe Liberal politician celebrates preselection in his old seat of Goldstein. Poor fellow thinks he can win.

Municipality

“This is sad but practical and realistic.”

Derryn HinchThe former broadcaster announces he will no longer run for lord mayor of Melbourne, citing campaign expenses. Interestingly, “sad but practical and realistic” is also his dating bio.

Sport

“It feels like the commentary around this is that it’s happening every week.”

Paul MarshThe chief executive of the AFL Players Association explains that only a small number of players have been benched to avoid positive cocaine tests. The rest just had a couple of really good ideas they wanted to tell you about in the corner.

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