Worth watching, IMO.

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What an amazing man. It was an honour to hear his message of hope.

Good. It’s an abomination; the worst, most profligate, example of pork-barrelling in Australia’s history.

There are lessons to be learnt from the Tories’ train-wreck.

Here’s a column from England 👇 skynews.com.au/insights-and-a…

40 years ago, a typical single-family home in Greater Boston sold for $79.4k—about 4.5X a Boston Public School teacher’s salary. Today, that home would go for nearly 11X what that teacher makes now. We must bring down costs, which means we need more supply—plain-old Econ 101.

Here’s my Christmas column in today’s ⁦Herald Sun⁩ - with a great new game for you to try.

Merry Christmas!

In this brutal takedown of Tory NIMBYism The Times doesn’t miss - neither on policy, nor the politics.

Young people have many elections in which to punish those who abandon them.

“If they don’t have an allocated worker, what that means is they don’t have anyone who’s checking in with them, which is meant to happen fortnightly,” says CCYP Victoria Liana Buchanan.

theage.com.au/national/victo…

Despite young people still being housed at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre a film crew was still able to get permission to be inside the high security facility for production of a Guy Pearce movie abc.net.au/news/2023-11-2…

It’s time to clean up Victoria. My piece in today’s Herald Sun on the Ombudsman’s damning report on the politicisation of the public service under Jacinta Allan and Daniel Andrews. JP

#FosterCarers warn the rising cost of living is forcing them to reconsider whether they can take children on and call for an increase to the allowance. See theage.com.au/politics/victo…

I’m a little biased, yet I think the members in our region make excellent decisions.

Richard brings a wealth of experience and expertise from the private sector with him.

He’ll make a great contribution in the Parliament. Many congratulations!

The return of hostages and the total destruction of Hamas are, clearly, morally defensible aims.

Yet an extended conflict in Gaza, with all the destruction that goes with it, will probably prove counter-productive.

I explain in my new article👇 skynews.com.au/insights-and-a…

All children deserve an education. Yet children in care are 5 times more likely to be suspended or expelled, and only 1/4 progress from yr 10 to 12, compared with 82% of all students. See our 47 recommendations to address these shameful outcomes.

We have been working on a big inquiry into the educational experiences of children & young people in the care system. We heard from almost 200 children & young people and 350 other stakeholders who work with them, & analysed data not usually published. Watch this space tomorrow.

Surely it’s possible to grieve the loss of life in Gaza without constantly likening Jews to Nazis.

To do so is ahistorical, sick, and hateful.

The sickening Jew-hatred and violence in Caulfield last night should deeply disturb us all.

So should the wider tide of anti-semitism, rising in our country.

As Mr Dutton has said, enough is enough.