In previous years, photos from the Premier’s New Year’s Day levee have come in the mail well into the new year. This year our photo simply showed up on the Government’s Flickr.

So here’s me, Oliver, Premier MacLauchlan and his partner Duncan on the first day of the year.

We all appear both happy and well-colour-coordinated. I note, for the record, that my tie is half red and half blue.  And Oliver would want me to note for the record that he is dressed in red, blue, green and had an orange coat.

Ethan, meanwhile, is licking his lips.

The photo is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license.