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Jeff Kennett was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999, served two stints as Hawthorn Football Club president and was the founding chairman of Beyond Blue.

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Australia's attorney general Christian Porter speaks during a press conference in Perth on March 3, 2021, after he outed himself as the unnamed cabinet minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. (Photo by Stefan Gosatti / AFP)

Sex saga shows why it’s best to come forward early

Entering into the current debates raging in Australian politics right now is either brave or stupid. Probably a bit of both, so here goes.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 13, 2021: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews addressed the media at Parliament Gardens with a COVID-19 update. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Why the silent majority will rise up against Dan

An army of people have had a gutful of the autocratic style of Daniel Andrews and soon the silent majority will insist on higher standards of leadership and honesty.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: President of the Hawthorn Football Club Jeff Kennett talks during a press conference on November 26, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the GovernmentÃ¢â¬â¢s contribution to the Hawthorn Hawks AFL Football Club's Kennedy Community Centre at the future site of the facility in Dingley Village. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

Eddie McGuire resigned, so why not Andrews?

Eddie McGuire’s administration of Collingwood cost not one life, yet he has resigned. The Premier has 800 lives lost on his watch.

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Empty Melbourne CBD. Bourke St MallPicture: Jay Town

Why creating policy on the run must come to an end

While we are living through unprecedented times, creating policy on the run does Victorians no favours, writes Jeff Kennett.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 14, 2021 US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the public health and economic crises at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - When Donald Trump looks down for the last time from his helicopter over the White House lawn on January 20, 2021, the wreckage of his presidency will be inescapable. The showman with the dyed blond hair, fake tan and a knack for connecting with crowds took office four years ago, making the startling promise in his inaugural speech that he would end

Why Biden faces an enormous task

The US is important to the world as a democracy so after four years of erratic leadership, the 46th President must try to regain international respect by uniting a divided nation.

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A marcher holds a flag as he protests for Aboriginal rights on Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, January 26, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Giving Indigenous Australians a voice a key step forward

For too long Australia’s Indigenous people have not been afforded the respect and consideration they deserve.

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Wodonga Victoria, AUSTRALIA - Herald Sun - 2nd January, 2020:Hume Freeway check point on the Victorian side of the border near Wodonga after midnight when the border closed to people traveling from NSW to Victoria.This car was told to return to NSW.BYLINE - Simon Dallinger

Border chaos shows what’s wrong with virus response

Recent outbreaks show this year will again not be an easy one but we still must rise above the ruck, create opportunities and let Victorians back into Victoria.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos November 21, 2020: People are seen at a busy Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett

2021 will throw us some of our toughest challenges yet

We have endured many curve balls this year, and as head into 2021 there are even more challenges we are going to have to confront.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos October 24, 2020: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett

Buck must stop with leaders

True, good and genuine leaders do not eat their own. Yet our Premier continues to dodge responsibility and shift the blame.

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Photographer: SGT Neil RuskinCaption: A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group mans the gun on a convoy to the Northern Kandahar region for a disruption operation. Mid Caption: The SOTG and partnered Afghan police of the Provincial Response Company conducted the operation to secure the northern approaches of Kandahar province and disrupt insurgent activities.During the operation Australian soldiers cleared paths through areas heavily sown with IEDs to attack insurgents in their safe havens.Afghan police and SOTG members warned locals to avoid areas where they had identified IEDs.Over the course of the operation, SOTG elements destroyed 16 IEDs.A large amount of materiel and components for the construction of IEDs were also recovered by the force element. The items were destroyed to ensure the safety of Afghan civilians, Afghan National Security Forces, Coalition and ISAF forces.

Why we must show compassion for our soldiers

Most of us can never understand what our forces in Afghanistan were submitted to. The findings of the report into alleged war crimes by our men may shock us but we must remember our compassion, writes Jeff Kennett.

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