“Three of Sydney’s wealthiest private schools received double the federal funding they were entitled to last year … [while] Just 1.3% of public schools are fully funded”
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For anyone who has been interested in my lawsuit against the Sun, the news is that  I’ve had to settle my claim out of court before it gets to trial. A 🧵…

Rupert Murdoch has spent over £1billon in damages to claimants and in lawyers’ fees, settling over 1500 claims in this way. He seems remarkably determined that there shouldn’t be a trial of the facts.

10 people have been killed by terrorists on Australian soil this century.

It took 48 days to reach the same number of women killed by men in Australia this year. That number has since almost tripled.

For women, that’s the very definition of terror.

It is imperative that we remember Gaza now. The desolation that Israel made, the tens of thousands dead, the millions homeless and displaced and starving. The Israeli hostages languishing. Israel and the world are using the 'Iranian Strike' as a distraction. Don't let them.

'As a result of the inconclusive criminal trial, Mr Lehrmann remains a man who has not been convicted of any offence, but he's now been found, by the civil standard of proof, to have engaged in a great wrong. It follows Ms Higgins has been proven to be a victim of sexual assault'

All those in the media who boosted #Lehrmann 's account -- and they know who they are -- must be dying of shame. Justice Lee has absolutely shredded his character and his evidence, caling it 'risible', 'an elaborate fancy' and 'a litany of lies'.

Hard day for a lot of people today, for a lot of different reasons. You’re loved, you’re believed and you can never be the perfect victim, because such a thing doesn’t ever exist.

1. In Sydney, a mother & child were stabbed by a mentally ill white man, Joel Cauchi

2. When a brave security guard, Faraz Tahir, a Muslim refugee, stepped in to save them, Cauchi killed him

3. Top British media figures blamed the deaths on Muslims

4. Their tweets are still up

It would be good if the horror of the Bondi Junction massacre led to massive increases in mental health care, just as they would have led to massive increases in policing had it been a terrorist attack.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past 24 hours, it’s that this site is a sink hole of agendas and prejudice. Its utility as a monitor of breaking events is gone.

Please respect the privacy of those affected by the tragedy at Bondi Junction.
I have been contacted by Ash’s family. They have asked the media not to publish her personal images from social media. I ask the media and everyone to respect their wishes.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . One more nostalgia trip from just published 50th anniv edition of Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Loving detail with a fine pen and flat colour, displaying wit, imagination and feminism from father of Search-and-Find Richard Scarry. HarperCollins Children's Books

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . Great use of scale in a daring and dramatic image by Iranian artist Reza Delvand from Champ by Payam Ebrahimi, translated by Caroline Croskery. Greystone Kids. A picturebook for anyone who has ever felt the weight of family expectations.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Fred Benaglia. Spirited cartoons recall Saul Steinberg and Ronald Searle, prettily coloured in mustard yellow, light magenta and cyan. From Always Carry Me With You by Herve Eparvier: a pebble holds a father's love. Quarto Kids' eco imprint Ivy Kids.

Hannah McGuire was found dead in bushland near Ballarat.

She’s the 22nd woman killed this year.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay (or at least 3 times a week). By Oliver Jeffers, showing that less can be more, and doing his thing with light. 'A place to stay when all is lost', from his What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future, just out in paperback. HarperCollins Children's Books