You should have heard the questions they asked me and the answers they gave me! Those children are so smart, and it was my absolute privilege to spend time today with Mackie, Declan, Navaeh, Bailey, Avi, Mia, Tessa, Ronan and Cooper. I'm going to have a second privilege today—meeting the rest of 5/6 Seaford North Primary School after I finish delivering this speech, and I can't wait to meet those children.

These students told me that they care about recycling, they care about tackling climate change and they care about making sure that public schools have enough resources so they have great teachers, great support and great programs for their kids. So they are—