“The one thing private schools won’t get when their students come back this year is any conditions tied to their generous public funding, beyond obeying the law and teaching the curriculum” | Jane Caro satpa.pe/lsMkH7x

John Hewson and Barry Jones: "As the parliament negotiates hate speech legislation and hopes for a positive result from the royal commission into anti-Semitism, we believe there is a strong case for the creation of a minister for social cohesion.” ​​satpa.pe/dKw7REx

What began as an internal challenge to how senior ABC executives justified the axing of The Checkout later spilled into parliament, and then into the Federal Court… satpa.pe/E29SB4X

"Our society simply no longer judges schools according to their merit but, rather, according to the social status of the children they teach," writes Jane Caro. satpa.pe/e0ZUL02

Editorial: This will be the legacy not just of Sussan Ley but of Dutton and Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott. It is the legacy of a lost party that now will disappear. satpa.pe/ML7ogKW

“Offsets are a corporate scam dreamt up to cheat the public into thinking that, when an endangered species is having its habitat destroyed, new habitat elsewhere can be bought for that species to live happily ever after.” | Bob Brown satpa.pe/EysqDp8

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“I had a fear about being alone in a creepy museum, fear of the dark, fear of the vulnerability of making creative work in front of people.” Harpist Emily Sanzaro on music, myth and MONA Museum: satpa.pe/ipFkaWR

Greg Mullins is a former commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW and founder of Emergency Leaders for Climate Action. Read his full comment at the link in bio: satpa.pe/pHoczdq

This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:

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“In Australia we have already seen days when fire weather becomes so extreme that emergency services must shift from fighting fire to solely saving lives.” satpa.pe/S5zjwWh

Who is really to blame for the increasing unaffordability of private healthcare? satpa.pe/vbvs2iO

"Firefighters are worried about what the rest of this summer can deliver. We are already looking at next summer with apprehension. We are in a cycle of climate whiplash." satpa.pe/mS3hVP9

"Across bushfire-prone parts of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, home insurance premiums have risen dramatically in recent years. This is how so many will start feeling the climate crisis. Not in abstract charts but in rising insurance renewal notices.” satpa.pe/i2jRMgb

This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:

Monica Seles turned pro in 1988. She was 15. Between January 1991 and February 1993, she won 55 of the 56 grand slam singles matches she played. And then her life changed. satpa.pe/77bOqpV

"We must stop pretending we can simply 'firefight' our way out of this. Firefighters are highly skilled, but we are not magicians. When fire danger hits catastrophic levels, if fires take hold, then we can often do little to protect homes and businesses." satpa.pe/wRzxfCK

"I’ve spent more than 50 years as a firefighter. Over that time, I’ve watched the risks climb ever higher, threatening where Australians live, work and raise their families." satpa.pe/fbqOcJo

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Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday claimed violent and deadly protests were “under control”, blaming them on the US and Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said the Islamic republic will "not back down". satpa.pe/XZfGPKI

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While those involved in the $368 billion AUKUS submarine agreement describe it as "full steam ahead", experts regard progress as minimal. satpa.pe/FwulzUZ

Defence experts say while Australia keeps meeting downpayments on the promised Virginia-class nuclear submarines, it is getting nothing in return for a deal that shows signs of failure on several fronts. satpa.pe/ZOIW5O1

The latest part of this story begins in September, when then Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler informed the board of the Adelaide Festival that the Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah had been invited to discuss her new novel... satpa.pe/CdKBkbr

"I’ve spent more than 50 years as a firefighter. Over that time, I’ve watched the risks climb ever higher, threatening where Australians live, work and raise their families." satpa.pe/16ndhQi

“To be frank, our public system couldn't cope if our private sector fell over.” satpa.pe/cKDGZuj

Former Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg’s October resignation is critical because it punctures the idea that the current crisis began in the wake of the Bondi attack, writes Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/KEa9hdH

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said the Islamic republic will “not back down” and accused protesters of trying to “please the US president”. satpa.pe/FOG2Ld7

Protests in Iran began in late December amid concerns about the dire economy, as the government moved to end currency subsidies that had helped to contain prices in the face of an inflation rate of about 40 per cent. satpa.pe/jyewdjf

In the latter part of 2025, the state government appointed three new board members to replace those who had resigned. The reconstituted board formally supported Lousie Adler’s program choices. The timing mattered, writes Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/24xDw4B

"I don't think there's any doubt that [the AUKUS submarine agreement] will be late, it will be over budget, and it'll have first class issues, and when you've got all those problems solved, it is too big for the job that Australia requires it for.” satpa.pe/juKaKRW

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The Trump administration has opened an investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over the renovations of the central bank’s headquarters – a move that Powell said was payback for his refusal to buckle to Donald Trump’s demand for interest rate cuts. satpa.pe/ytv9iCw

The conflict behind the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week had been building for years, involving a director unwilling to retreat, a board that had lost confidence and a state government that denied intervening even as it applied sustained pressure. satpa.pe/z048uvo

The conflict behind the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week had been building for years, involving a director unwilling to retreat, a board that had lost confidence and a state government that denied intervening even as it applied sustained pressure. satpa.pe/qrrFKiH

Defence expert Hugh White predicts it will become “absolutely blindingly obvious” that the AUKUS schedule can’t be met “within a few years”. satpa.pe/BqkEfuJ

Editorial: For a hundred years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct. In 2013, a few birds were seen in Queensland. Another population was found in Western Australia. It is the animal’s curse that these are the two states in which it lives. satpa.pe/tnwKhIo

"We must stop pretending we can simply 'firefight' our way out of this. Firefighters are highly skilled, but we are not magicians. When fire danger hits catastrophic levels, if fires take hold, then we can often do little to protect homes and businesses." satpa.pe/g9YfPRt

As the Albanese government continues to deliver on $9.4 billion of AUKUS commitments to the United States and United Kingdom, with more to come, analysts say the nuclear submarines it expects in return will never be delivered, as the pact will not hold. satpa.pe/TrAWj9M