Representing local government at the highest level has been rewarding and I am proud of what we have achieved - securing with
@LGNSW
more than $8 billion dollars of NSW Government funding for local governments, including doubling NSW library funding.
The Federal Government has finally cleared the way for Perth Airport to begin construction of a long-planned $1 billion second runway to help meet escalating aviation traffic.
Today is National Sorry Day to commemorate the Stolen Generations. We have so much further to go as a nation to acknowledge the history and the knowledge of First Nations peoples and heal the wrongs of the past. Sorry is our promise to do better.
“Kids are watching choking and anal sex before they’ve even had their first kiss,” Tanya Plibersek will say in a speech to be delivered in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The social media giants know they are deliberately reprogramming our kids. Like the Big Tobacco companies or gaming companies, they know a lifetime of profits depends on getting customers hooked young.
Our kids are being pushed social media content that encourages people to hurt and hate women and girls. Artificial intelligence could make things even worse. We need to act now.