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“Yeah. Well, that’s right. I mean, the taxpayer funds it. The academics are the people who actually choose the topics that are actually investigated. And unfortunately, there has become this protocol of the amount of papers as opposed to the purposefulness of them. There seems to be this narrative that says, so long as you keep putting papers out, that that’s a good thing.”

“He already has at least made the words that he’ll call the royal commission. That’s been a thorn in their side for a long time because Jacinta Allan was refusing to do it. And I think the average punter will listen to those words and go tick.”

“71%. The only person ever to have a higher disapproval rating was Keating at 75. So when you’ve got that level of dissatisfaction, you can’t turn around and say, “I’ve done a great job.” It’s just an outrageous thing to stand there and claim.”

Teachers are among society’s most important professionals. They exercise judgement every day – deciding how best to explain complex ideas, respond to individual students and manage the unique dynamics of a classroom. But according to Professor Emeritus Terry Lovat, that professional expertise is increasingly being replaced by centralised mandates and compliance.

“What we need is we need to make housing faster to be able to build, to remove the regulation. We want to get government out of the way. Victoria has some of the highest taxing scenario in the country, which just makes investments difficult and unpalatable. “

“The problem for me is that it’s not about whether it’s Islamophobic, First Nations, or Jewish people. The principle should apply that you just can’t do that.”