Has Australia made the “nice” list this year? Santa responds.

This all got back to school pretty fast and your classmates were not impressed. But you didn't seem to care, you were proud of it. But proud of what?

You have so much to be proud of, but this sort of thing is not amongst it. And I want you, Australia, to return to the Australia, I knew.

This was an Australia that was not afraid to say "yes" – especially "yes" to helping others.

"Yes" to ending apartheid.

"Yes" to protecting students against the injustices of Tiananmen Square.

"Yes" to massive migrations of people looking for a better life - for a fair go.

Even "yes" to dangerous and costly wars fought in places you hadn't even heard of, yet went to out of loyalty.

And, most recently, you said "yes" to saying sorry for things that had hurt other Australians deeply.

These were things that I know were not easy for you to face. But you did, Australia, and Santa was so proud of you.

That being said, you're a passionate kid, and can be revved up quite easily. This can be a good thing (oi! oi! oi!), but just be careful who is revving you and why, because you can be scared easily, and when you are, you are not your best.

It's for this reason that I'm concerned that you're giving too much attention to that Abbott boy. There's a boy like him in every class – always there to say why something won't work; what we shouldn't do, what's not our problem.

Always there to say, "no!"