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Sydney Morning Herald
21 hours ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
You can't handle the truth about Victoria's secret school cuts
As Ben Carroll was standing before his bathroom mirror on Wednesday morning knotting the striped tie he'd selected for his appearance before budget estimates, Victoria's education minister faced an important choice. Knowing he would be interrogated about his government's unannounced decision to delay by three years extra money public schools need to deliver the Gonski reforms, Carroll could either fess up or maintain the charade. A part of him felt like channelling Colonel Nathan Jessup, Jack Nicholson's scene-stealing character in A Few Good Men. Colonel Carroll, did you oppose these funding cuts? You're God damn right I did! Such a spontaneous outbreak of political honesty, aside from providing a moment of catharsis for Carroll, would have cleared the air around a bad decision already costing the Allan government more than the money it will save in future years. Alas, there are no Hollywood endings in Spring Street and too few good men. Carroll's other choice was to stick to a cynical script approved by advisers within the premier's private office in which he neither confirms nor denies the funding delay, refuses to acknowledge the financial impact on government schools and offers a vague promise to fully fund the Gonski reforms 'through the life of the agreement' – in other words, sometime in the next 10 years. Having centred his tie to his satisfaction and given his neatly clipped, salt and pepper locks one final look in the mirror, Carroll decided discretion was the better part of valour. He took his seat in estimates, looked back at his questioners and declared with Delphic circularity: 'We are getting on with doing everything that we are bound to do.' Not even Jack Nicholson could do much with that line.
The Age
21 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
You can't handle the truth about Victoria's secret school cuts
As Ben Carroll was standing before his bathroom mirror on Wednesday morning knotting the striped tie he'd selected for his appearance before budget estimates, Victoria's education minister faced an important choice. Knowing he would be interrogated about his government's unannounced decision to delay by three years extra money public schools need to deliver the Gonski reforms, Carroll could either fess up or maintain the charade. A part of him felt like channelling Colonel Nathan Jessup, Jack Nicholson's scene-stealing character in A Few Good Men. Colonel Carroll, did you oppose these funding cuts? You're God damn right I did! Such a spontaneous outbreak of political honesty, aside from providing a moment of catharsis for Carroll, would have cleared the air around a bad decision already costing the Allan government more than the money it will save in future years. Alas, there are no Hollywood endings in Spring Street and too few good men. Carroll's other choice was to stick to a cynical script approved by advisers within the premier's private office in which he neither confirms nor denies the funding delay, refuses to acknowledge the financial impact on government schools and offers a vague promise to fully fund the Gonski reforms 'through the life of the agreement' – in other words, sometime in the next 10 years. Having centred his tie to his satisfaction and given his neatly clipped, salt and pepper locks one final look in the mirror, Carroll decided discretion was the better part of valour. He took his seat in estimates, looked back at his questioners and declared with Delphic circularity: 'We are getting on with doing everything that we are bound to do.' Not even Jack Nicholson could do much with that line.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut
IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Irish Breakdown takes a look at several groups of former Notre Dame football players and coaches and decides which we would start, which we would bench and which ones we would cut. For example: Brady Quinn, Ian Book and Riley Leonard - who would we start, cut or bench? Same for Jeff Samardzija, Golden Tate and Will Fuller. Advertisement We have more to discuss and debate in Rapid Fire as well. See the list of topics below! Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We hear comments from Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman from Greg McElroy's podcast and debate whether or not we think both CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey will play quarterback for the Irish this season. * We guess the season over/under win total for the Florida State Seminoles. * Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Bill Belichick that as of June 1st, Bill Belichick has a buyout that allows him to leave North Carolina by paying the school $1 million dollars. * We have a few more start, bench or cut options to go through: Advertisement - Pete Carroll, Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh - Dabo Swinney, Kirby Smart and Ryan Day - Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo - Jerry McGuire, Top Gun and A Few Good Men * Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Joe Schoen and the New York Giants will be back on HBO's Hard Knocks this season as part of the in-season edition of the show that will feature all four NFC East teams: The Giants, Cowboys, Commanders and Eagles. * ESPN is set to televise several of the Savannah Bananas games at Major League ballparks this summer. On a scale of 1 to 10: How interested are you in the Savannah Bananas? Be sure to check out the Irish Breakdown message board, the Champions Lounge Advertisement Irish Breakdown Content 2025 Scholarship Chart 2025 Football Schedule Notre Dame 2026 Scholarship Offers 2025 Commit Rankings - Offense 2025 Commit Rankings - Defense 2024 Recruiting Class 2023 Recruiting Class 2022 Recruiting Class Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Join the Irish Breakdown community! Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channel Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Follow me on Twitter: @SeanStires Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
NZ Herald
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Proof the TMO is not fit for purpose: Elliott Smith's Tight Five
Moana Pasifika team celebrate their win over the Blues. Photo / Photosport A suggestion... Someone at World Rugby must be a fan of TV shows or movies about lawyers – perhaps A Few Good Men might be appropriate because – and Jack Nicholson's Colonel Jessep is not the 'good guy' in this scene – they can't handle the truth. The truth
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Cruise's Unexpected 'Jerry Maguire' Reunion at Cannes
Tom Cruise has been busy at the Cannes Film Festival promoting Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, but the red carpet premiere had an unexpected Jerry Maguire reunion. Cruise received a 1996 Oscar nomination for the role of a slick sports agent who gets fired after writing a company-wide memo that goes against everything in his industry. Jerry had to rebuild his life and his roster of talent, banking on one client, Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to make it happen. Almost 30 years later, the two actors found themselves in the same place at the same time. The men wrapped their arms around each other and shared wide smiles for the photographers. They were also spotted animatedly speaking with each other while shaking hands. Cruise and Gooding's acting history started in 1992 when they worked on A Few Good Men, but their careers haven't crossed paths as of late. Gooding won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Jerry Maguire, but he's been mired in sexual assault claims over the last few years. He settled a lawsuit in 2020 with a woman who accused him of rape and pleaded guilty to a sexual harassment charge in a sexual assault case in 2022. Gooding is in Cannes to mount his comeback tour with two films, Quantum Supremacy and A Line of Fire, per Page Six. Gooding told Extra in August 2024 that he was taking "accountability" for his actions. 'When people interpret what's going on with you or what you're being exposed to, you have to make sure that you know your intention,' Gooding explained. 'You have to be accountable for your own actions, and I have been. I have been. People have spoken positive and negative, but I can't control that.'
