What would It really have cost
For shareholders to forgo
Some profit, feel some small loss,
That less fortunate might know
More comfort in later years?
What gain to you, little man,
Playing double agent here,
Betraying trust and Rudd’s plan,
Honest, open and sincere?
Do mining magnates matter
More than ALP’s dear cause,
Why then the need to shatter
Our last hope, feed profit’s jaws?