Professionally, I was once one of the youngest people in the room, an old head on young shoulders some said while others described me as overly ambitious.
Whatever it was at the time it has long passed and while it was marvelous there is the counter idiom that you can’t put an old head on young shoulders.
Read MoreThere is now an argument to be made, backed by the likes of constitutional law expert Scientia Professor George Williams, that with only eight referendums for constitutional change passing in the affirmative, it's as Menzies offered more than 70 years ago - far too difficult to make change.
After all, Hercules was the Greek god of strength and heroes, not the Australian god of constitutional reform.
Read MoreFrom experience, no matter your age, whether you are young or maturing, the need to identify and implement resilience strategies remains of paramount importance.
And for those who require support or continued assistance from a medical professional when the going gets just too tough, we hear you, we are deeply sorry that we failed to protect you, and we acknowledge your ongoing pain.
Read MoreThe Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi portrayed his views of spring in his most famous work, The Four Seasons, composed in 1770 and published five years later, four separate violin concertos that capture the earth's tilt and its relationship to the sun.
Spring annoys me no end.
Read MoreThere is a common misconception that people are treated equally, yet this is not actually the case.
We positively discriminate in favour of those who need our support the most.
Positive discrimination is employed to assist citizens from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, different cultural backgrounds, age, gender, and disability.
Read MoreHowever, when the shoe is on the other foot, the public system, which services two-thirds of all students in Tasmania, receives about 90 per cent of required funding. That's right, rich schools are fully funded, and public schools are left short by at least 10 per cent.
It's a national disgrace. Public schools are democracy, the greatest gift in the world, and they deserve far better.
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