And now for a bit of light entertainment. I know this is a bit old hat but nevertheless.

If you could invite any six-eight people to dinner who would you invite?

It doesn't even have to be someone you like particularly but someone you think might make for interesting and stimulating dinner conversation. They can be living or deceased.

My list would be (in no particular order):

Bob Brown
Germaine Greer
Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Julia Gillard
Frida Khalo (artist)
Geraldine Doogue
Ghandi (I know...I know...everyone says Ghandi)
Richard Dawkins

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
François-Marie Arouet
Oscar Wilde
Carl Sagan
Robert A. Heinlein
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Elizabeth the First
William Shakespeare

Thanks Pelican

(we're permitted double ups aren't we?)

Richard Attenborough
Germaine Greer
Oscar Wilde
Julian Burnside
Dalai Lama
Shelby Spong
Richard Dawkins
Marie Stoner
Wil Anderson
Fiona O'Loughlin

Oh what fun!

I'll assume that language is no issue as well.

my girlfriend
Robert A. Heinlein - sorry to copy but I'd have to have him
Jesus Christ
Robert Fulghum
John Cleeze
JFK
Condoleeza Rice
Barry Lopez

John Ralston Saul (genius/author/philosopher "on equalibrium")
Tariq Ali (Author ex muslim "the clash of Fundementalisms")
Clive Hamilton ("afluenza")
James. L Gervin (Middle east historian " the Israel-Palestine conflict)
Philip Ball(author "critical Mass")
David Attenborough(ex BBC CEO, knowlegable envronmentalist et sec)
Noam Chomsky Polymath, Linguist, human rights campaigner, philosopher... America's social conscience, wise man, all round good egg.)
*Isaac Asimov (Polymath, Prof Biochemistry, SF and science books, inventor of the universally accepted three laws of robotics)
*John Cleese (monty python, brilliant man)
*Barry Jones (brilliant man , author, philosopher,politician)
*= standby guests to include them all wouldn't be practical unless a weekend syposium.

The Lord for sure.
Billy Graham.
Smith Wigglesworth.
Benny Hinn because he's blessed and gets them on the floor where they can get healed.
John Newton (Amazing Grace)
Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker because God forgave them and gave them ministries again:)