Even before the skies opened up on children rolling eggs down a soggy South Lawn, the 146-year-old tradition was caught up in the latest partisan storm.
The rate of school refusal in Victoria grew by 50 per cent in the three years to 2021, with almost 12,000 students at state schools officially absent in the second year of the pandemic.
The rate of school refusal in Victoria grew by 50 per cent in the three years to 2021, with almost 12,000 students at state schools officially absent in the second year of the pandemic.