The Saturday Paper

Exclusive: A leaked crisis memorandum following Genevieve Bell’s resignation as ANU vice-chancellor, after a staff and student revolt against her $250 million cost cutting program, shows a plan to have her successor stand aside. trib.al/bKBV531

Angus Taylor's putative savings of $31 billion misjudges that ending climate action is electorally toxic, writes Paul Bongiorno. trib.al/2aOZkXp

“That the Department has elevated this to a formal allegation of misconduct, and has advanced it among the grounds for removing the Chief Executive from her post ten weeks before the opening, is nothing short of petty.” trib.al/1SAxwm8

Regulators have flagged acute overcrowding in watch houses, with exposed toilets, often shared by several cellmates, and more than a dozen people sleeping on mattresses on the floor in the same cell. trib.al/NdFcAD3

Editorial: This is where the far right has ended up. It is violent, reactionary and ascendant. Creatures such as Thomas Sewell have no answers, but they do provide a serious question: how did the country allow this to happen? trib.al/zLGndnR

Angus Taylor's putative savings of $31 billion misjudges that ending climate action is electorally toxic, writes Paul Bongiorno. trib.al/LzG1XUB

“Poaching a whole chicken has been a Sunday ritual for me for many years now,” writes David Moyle. “How it fits in a meal or what its purpose is for the rest of the week varies, but the method does not.” trib.al/aR1MM6i

This week's cryptic crossword… trib.al/3S5yUPc

New Orleans duo Twisted Teens’ fourth album, The Holy Cross Tigers, takes garage punk into melancholy soul and is a late-breaking contender for album of the year. trib.al/NUaH6wU

Challenge yourself with this week's cryptic crossword… trib.al/wwHe8n4

Two exhibitions that put together the work of Kirthana Selvaraj and Andy Ewing show that these very different artists have much in common trib.al/LeU9aSI

“I found Ben Simmons aloof, self-pitying and much too resistant to criticism – but he has also suffered some terrible misfortune. The latest is wrenching and, characteristically, very dramatic. It is also likely to end his NBA career. I hope I’m wrong.” trib.al/7JmVRdR

Elizabeth Holmes, like all high-profile female criminals, is the subject of a virulent strain of mocking contempt, fascination and projection. You Can See Everything takes those assumptions and, over three mesmerising hours, burns them to the ground. trib.al/6C3PM0P

Editorial: Thomas Sewell is a neo-Nazi. For him, this is not a provocation; it is an unshifting belief. He is a violent white nationalist, a proponent of the myth of white genocide. He talks enthusiastically about race war. trib.al/UY2xODb

Exclusive: A leaked briefing reveals new NDIS assessments will adapt an automated tool currently being used for aged care that is already facing legal challenges. Rick Morton reports. trib.al/e518qrr

“I doubt the thoughts Tim Winton expresses in his latest book will win him any popularity contests, especially in his home town where he’s considered a greenie who clings ‘to what’s left of my ponytail’. This is a risk he is willing to take.” trib.al/To0t7rK

After only two years in operation, the Administrative Review Tribunal has a backlog of cases to rival its predecessor, with a tsunami of NDIS appeals on the way. trib.al/TDrxCvC

Donald Trump’s approval ratings have plunged to their lowest levels in either of his two terms, as Republicans are expected to face heavy losses in the midterm elections on November 3. trib.al/5mEXL0f

“There’s a small coterie of disaffected people who never wanted to see the museum go from Ultimo to Parramatta, and they’ve never given up,” one observer says. “She got some of her staff offside, and they have made the complaints.” trib.al/EFT9rvz

In You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, a deeper reality emerges about the capacity for self-delusion. It doesn’t mean we have to forgive her, but we will see only as much of Holmes as we are willing to see in ourselves. trib.al/3ERmeLd