Like others, I noticed the sheer absence of responsible leadership.
I guess all one could do at the time was to pray for rain.
It reminded me of the Cronulla and Redfern riots in NSW writ large - both also happened in the summer.
There is something about non-achieving &/or bored young people and hot weather which acts like a human bush fire, lit when the opportune spark is produced.
One thing I did notice as well was the similarly spontaneous response, reminiscent of the London Blitz in the 1940s, of citizens of all kinds, with brooms and mops coming out at first light to clean up the mess.
Maybe the church was there in ordinary persons some of whom may occupy Sunday pews.
That is where the leadership has emerged, and that was the good news of the week.
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