And I hope we all look now to go out and help our communities our neighbours our friends. I love you all, take care of yourselves and the people around you.

Community isn't an abstract thing its in the SES guy who patiently ran through flood zones with me. Its the guy explaining the breed of his nippy and excitable rescue dog. Its in the artist I shared childhood memories of tazos with. I pray for all the victims and families,

Or do something about this

This ceasefire has only led to more death and deprivation of Palestinians. Israel won't even let in chemicals to purify drinking water. There is no way Hamas disarms under these conditions or there can be a resilient peace.

Just a man temperamentally against dealing with anything transparently.

I often think of his appearance in "Rats in the Ranks" and it sort of wild to think Albo's been this way since the 90s. www.dailymotion.com/video/x8yijnu

So what is the divide in Australia? Immigrants or a failure to protect struggling Australians?

John Howard the architect of the housing crisis was the most virulent proponent of Australian values, I still remember my teachers complaining about this dumb poster the school had to hang

But isn't this obsession with money an "Australian" value? Home-ownership is prized as the greatest Australian accomplishment. Any attempts to raise end tax breaks on wealth (property, super etc) is met with furious rejection. This then directly leads to the housing crisis.

What isn't quoted is the rest of her answer. Ita moves on to complaining about Australians obsession with money and politicians failing to address the housing and affordability crisis.