21 August

It changes how you look at politics I think, if you look past the politicians to the points of view in the community that they represent. Like today in Canberra, could easily be dismissed as politicians just looking out for themselves. But each one of those politicians is fighting for views that many people in the community hold. We can be hypocritical looking at events like today and saying our politicians are hopeless. They represent points of view some of us have, that's their job, if we're divided as a community, they will be in Canberra too. And there are real tensions in the community over those views and what they mean, we're not united. Politicians are us.