If only Tom Keneally weren’t such an under-achiever. The Booker Prize winning author has only published 2 books in the last year & is barely half way thru another. Loser! Georgie & I kidnapped the Keneally’s for lunch today. Clearly, the only thing we didn’t eat were our words.

When you have a difficult, disrespectful, and defiant student, my biggest tip for you… is to have lots of conversations with them when they are not in trouble. These conversations are where you build rapport… and that rapport makes future confrontations less likely.

Makes my day seeing this. Grade 3 Students in Whitehorse, Yukon, Braved -28°C and Danced Bhangra Together fb.watch/b3mTJMMZv6/ via facebookwatch

Very proud of Leigh Sales. If this chick were any tougher, she'd rust. Have watched her in awe as she's steered abc730 through five PMs, personal challenges, public health crises, you name it. I've never seen her wobble. A truly extraordinary woman. ❤️

This is going to take a little while for abc730 colleagues to process. Leigh Sales you are a class act, the most supportive of colleagues and a bloody great journo. As one of a handful of people who has had the remotest glimpse of what the job involves I am in awe #12years

10 years ago today I Came Out on live TV in support of #SameSexMarriage One of the best decisions of my life Happy Valentine’s Day!! 🌹🥀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥀🌹 #HappyValentinesDay The Project #GalentinesDay #Happy #LGBTQIA #Equality #comingout #PRIDE

Great news. The Dept Communities has just notified me they intend to publicly release the IPS cultural audit. The opportunity to learn from & build on this sig body of work to address the high rates of removal of Aboriginal children is now possible.A great outcome. More to come…

A pointedly timed and rare interview. ASIO boss @MikePBurgess on abc730 telling Leigh Sales that foreign influence is an issue across parties, not just Labor, and that it is not helpful to politicise the issue

ASIO has had to step in to calm the governments scare campaign against its political opponent. Is there a precedent for that?

Ummmm, yup? That would be fine to cite if someone was holding him down and jabbing him. That is not the case. The world is simply saying you don't have to get jabbed, but if you ain't, best stay home. You have freedom of choice. Not freedom from consequences.

Government that spent month begging everyone to return to CBD decides to shut down the trains for a laugh

What was it Australians were meant to wish for again? Get better, Prime Minister. Get better Prime Minister.

Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert said the quiet (and elitist) part out loud yesterday when he blamed the “bottom 10% of teachers” who “can’t read and write” for Australia’s plummeting performance in international education benchmark tests [UNLOCKED] crikey.com.au/2022/03/18/stu…

I bet he wishes he didn't say that off the cuff as that surely couldn't have been a prepared speech. Think you need a new job @stuartrobertmp

I'm still smarting educationhq.com/news/our-actin…

This should be a priority for every classroom. How can we make this happen? Not ScoMo Dominic Perrottet abc.net.au/news/2022-04-0… via ABC Australia

I have created a tribute page to honour someone very special to me this Red Nose Day. Your donation can support grieving families, fund research, and help save little lives. rednoseday.org.au/s/2612/2897/t

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