The Australian Church Record, SPECIAL REPORT, October 2007, has been released.
The latin word primas means, “one of the first, excellent, noble”. On the first day of synod we had the opportunity to listen to our Primate and then decide on how long we wanted him to act as such. That is, two of the major activities for the day were The Presidential Address and amending the Primate Canon.
Firstly, let me say something about the question time. You won’t find recorded in the minutes the audible groans from around the house when Sydney people arose to ask questions — often before the question was even asked!
Certainly Sydney representatives dominated the question-time on the first day.
Anyone who has been to a Sydney Synod will know that questions are an important part of the proceedings. The question time is useful to gain information. In the interest of open disclosure and fair debate, questions are important. Other delegates commented that the questions showed that Sydney representatives were on top of things as General Synod commenced.