Lisa Bryant

In his campaign to be seen as a credible alternative leader to both Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison did quite a job at the National Press Council yesterday.

Nannies.

If only they knew.

If you are going to try and bribe a child (or a recalcitrant Senate) to do something, the inducement has to be really, really covetable.

Kate Ellis issued a fiery challenge to Australia yesterday during her address to the National Press Club – she asked if we were ready to unscramble the egg of childcare and early education and start again with a radically changed system.