Melbourne Diocese has become the second Australian diocese to call for legislation to permit women bishops. The Diocese of Adelaide was the fist, earlier this year. At Melbourne Diocesan Synod earlier this month, the vote was almost unanimous, though the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Revd Dr Keith Rayner, sounded a note of caution about the timing. Five Australian dioceses do not yet admit women as priests. Plans are in hand for a debate on women bishops at the General Synod in Adelaide next February.