Very true, Robin. Many in the Uniting Church are very concerned with social justice issues. We have a friend - Jane, who is a Uniting Church Minister (Sandra and freda know her too) who is very much that way. She is also a folkie and a poet and - well, if more so-called Christians were like Jane, there might be some hope for the world.

It will be interesting to see what Rudd does. One thing is for sure, Labor were never going to win while Beazley was their leader. I don't know why he hung on for so long.