A quiet reminder that when Justice Kenneth Hayne, head of royal commission into banking misconduct, refused to smile or even shake the hand of the Treasurer during a photo op in 2019, it was not considered the stuff of national calamity. George is making a similar point.

The 50-year war on drugs is one of the most disastrous public policy failures in modern history. It ruins lives, wastes public money and lines the pockets of criminals. It's time for a better, smarter conversation about drugs. #healthnotharm #springst theage.com.au/national/victo…

Yes. We do.

“This is a joke” farcical scenes as media banned from covering the candidate the PM won’t allow being “silenced” smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Would love to hear Josh Frydenberg & his chief factional backer in Vic Michael Kroger discuss JobKeeper. Kroger's old school Wesley was the biggest school claimant in Australia with $17.4m & Josh's old school Biliak was 8th biggest in Vic with $6.23m: abc.net.au/news/2022-05-2…

It’s people like Alan Adler that make Melbourne such a unique, special place. Alan has just turned 90, and this year celebrates 50 years of operating the iconic Flinders Street Station photo booth.

Victorian Department of Health Think of the reaction if we lost 22 people in the roads in one day. This toll is hideous and getting worse . These are real people. Real families. Will either state or federal government please start to address this disaster more seriously? What is the winter plan?

All Australians have the chance to own this change, and be counted on the right side of history.

FINALLY

Daniel Andrews thoughts re the front page of the Herald Sun today: ‘Can anyone tell me what the point of the story is? Anyone? Are you going to interview the stairs? People can go as low as they want. I’m not going there with them’. 7NEWS Melbourne

C’mon ⁦City of Melbourne⁩ - your Southbank library should be open Sundays here at $30m Boyd Centre. Just pay the double time. Manningham is now opening its Doncaster & Pines libraries 1-4pm every Sunday. ⁦Nick Reece⁩ ⁦Rohan Leppert⁩ ⁦Lord Mayor of Melbourne – Nick Reece⁩

Why is it then that the Nine newspapers and Murdoch gave extraordinary coverage to a move that reduces tax perks to the very wealthy while virtually ignoring daily accounts of a govt and a bureaucracy illegally and callously persecuting the most vulnerable?

Happy to be apart of the inaugural #linasummit2023 with Michelle Rowland . Great to finally have an industry body supporting the interests of a diverse and independent media industry in Australia

Take a few minutes and read this by @AgeInvestigates It’s worth it. ‘The rich and influential cheer squad who backed a war criminal’ smh.com.au/national/the-r…

Heartbroken to learn of the death of Carlton Gardens Primary School principal Tina McDougall. Tina loved her teachers and staff, truly cared for the kids, and understood deeply the power of education. Under her leadership the school and community flourished. Vale Tina McDougall

60% of US journalism jobs have disappeared over the past 2 decades and News Corp CEO Robbie Thomson reckons this is partly due to journalistic “pomposity and price consciousness”. WTF does that mean? Listen to the human thesaurus from today’s earnings call here.

Richard Marles is a class act - here’s a 2 minute extract of the cracking tribute to Linda White that he just delivered in Parliament. No notes, great insights and genuine warmth. Well done.

Ted O’Brien’s interview on Insiders reminds me of someone trying to sell a product without a label, list of ingredients, no use by date, safety instructions, whilst being hyper expensive.

Impressive performance by Bill Shorten on Insiders.