When Labor Party member Lizzie Blandthorn, a member of Australia’s parliament, who is based in Pascoe Vale, north of Melbourne, displayed a black doll in a Christmas nativity scene, she received congratulatory comments, such as “I think it is fantastic …” from Wendy Odgers and “I love that you are depicting Jesus as he most likely was considering the part of the world he was born in.” from Maggie Palmer.