Raising the Barr

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…