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You Are Not Prime Minister Of Australia Because Of Some Kind Of Process Of Divine Selection. You Are Prime Minister Of Australia Through The Gift Of The Australian People.

The Believer's Cross Is No Longer Any And Every Kind Of Suffering, Sickness, Or Tension, The Bearing Of Which Is Demanded. The Believer's Cross Must Be, Like His Lord's, The Price Of His Social Nonconformity. It Is Not, Like Sickness Or Catastrophe, An Inexplicable, Unpredictable Suffering; It Is The End Of The Path Freely Chosen After Counting The Cost. It Is Not, Like Luther's Or Thomas Muntzer's Or Zinzendorf's Or Kierkegaard's Cross, An Inward Wrestling Of The Sensitive Soul With Self And Sin; It Is The Social Reality Of Representing In An Unwilling World The Order To Come.

There Is Much In American Society Which I Admire, But I Have Long Held The View That The Absence Of An Effective Safety Net In That Country Means That Too Many Needy Citizens Fall By The Wayside. That Is Not The Path That Australia Will Tread. Nor Do We Want The Burdens Of Nanny State Paternalism That Now Weigh Down Many Economies In Europe.

There Is A Very Special Place In The Australian Psyche For Sport. It Is One Of The Pillars Of The Australian Way Of Life. You Don't Really Understand What Makes The Australian Nation Tick Unless You Understand The Great Affection Australians Have For Sport.

Sport Is An Important Part Of The Australian Psyche. Anybody Who Thinks That Sport Is Not Part Of The Fabric Of Australian Life Misunderstands This Country Quite Dramatically.