An old priest lay dying in Woden's, Canberra Hospital. He had served 
the people near the nation's capital, at Manuka for many years.
He motioned for the nurse to come near.
"Yes father?" said the nurse.
"I would really like to see Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten before I 
die" whispered the priest.
"I will see what I can do" said the nurse.
The nurse sent the request to parliament house and waited for a 
response. Soon an answer came back: Both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill 
Shorten would be delighted to visit the priest.
As they were driven to the hospital in Malcolm's new BMW, Turnbull 
commented to Shorten, "I don't know why this old priest wants to see 
us, but it certainly will help our images and may even help our 
re-election prospects."
Shorten agreed it was probably a good thing.
When they arrived at the priest's room the priest took Turnbull's hand 
in his right hand and Shorten's hand in his left hand.
There was silence and a look of serenity on the old priest's face.
Finally Shorten spoke "Father of all people you could have chosen, why 
did you chose us to be with you at this time when your end is so 
near?"
The old priest slowly replied "I have always tried to pattern my life 
and behaviour after our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
"Amen" said Turnbull.
"Amen" replied Shorten.
The old priest continued, "Jesus Christ our saviour died between two 
lying thieving bastards, and I wanted to do the same."