Yes Yes. Talk fests are all very easy to mock.

But as one letter writer in the Age quipped, at least it's a step up from just ringing George and asking him what to do!

Personally I find this disdain for such meetings suggestive of undue respect (or desire) for authoritarian solutions from Ein Leader.

Classic comment from The Age :-)

I agree about not mocking the meeting - its a vast improvement on the previous regime, and I'd rather Rudd listen to community opiniopn in areas where the new government hasn't yet come to firm policy decisions.

Its not like a lot of these important issues had any airtime during the election campaign...