Meeting Mr Rudd.

Two of us (Barbara and Janet) met with Kevin Rudd at his open-air "street office" in West End, Brisbane yesterday. We were delighted with the meeting. We had Mr. Rudd's undivided attention for nearly 25 minutes. He listened to our story, he asked a lot of good questions, and he was clearly aware of the issue in both its local and national aspects. What was particularly gratifying was that he specifically read and responded to each of our suggestions [see the Solutions debate, link in the sidebar]. He did not simply make bland reassuring noises [as we expected], but has undertaken to respond to us on some very specific points.

We are optimistic that our concerns and our suggestions will be considered.

Thankyou, Mr. Rudd.

In the meanwhile, we are not going away, and the campaign is not closed.