Quotes

1. Hendrix Prize for Portraiture winners have “dull orthodox paintings” and are not “truly creative work”, said portrait artist Terence Philby at his Carlton exhibition launch last night.

2. Melbourne will get a new $16 million prison remand centre, community service minister Hank Williams said in a Parliament House press conference today.

3. A convicted murderer cried his innocence from the dock after the County Court sentenced him to 25 years jail today.

“I’ve been framed by the cops,” John Beaumont said.