Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 27/02/2026

If Hate Is the Path, What Is the Destination? As I have written previously in this column, it feels like there is a real tension in the air for we…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 13/02/2026

School Students Offered More in 2026 Our time at school is incredibly important in shaping the people that we become in later life. That is why it is so incredibly…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 30/01/2026

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What Has the Government Done to Help Me or My Family? In its campaign to get elected, back in early 2023, the NSW Labor team put forward a promise to…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 16/01/2026

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Crystal Ball Predictions For 2026 There is no doubt that 2025 had plenty of unexpected surprises and events. As it turns out there were some things that the 2025 Crystal…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 26-12-2025

A Festive and Hopefully Restful Time of the Year I do hope that many of you get the chance to have a lovely and relaxing time over the coming weeks.…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 14/11/2025

Building A Fairer NSW There is no doubt that a focus of the previous NSW Government was to sell off assets and to make cuts across the public services to…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 14/11/2025

What Do You Think of When You Hear the Words Net Zero? In a conversation that I was having in Parliament during this past week, it was put to me…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 26/09/2025

Saving Koalas Is Not Easy For more than 10 years, the current NSW Labor Government, who was the NSW Opposition for much of that time, had promised that they would…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 05/09/2025

Homelessness Isn’t an Excuse to Hate There are many reasons why a person might be homeless. Often it is a result of long term complex mental health issues, or a…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 22/08/2025

Which Students With Which ATARs Choose A Teaching Career? I noted this past week a very critical media article noting that students with high ATARs (above 90) were far more…
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