Ex-Loreto-Toorak and ex-Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil (MPP Harvard) epitomises Modern Labor's profound identification with ordinary citizens. A PM in waiting no less.

There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," ...