Along with defining boundaries and public access, we need to be clear about the allowable uses and to begin an inventory of the landscape, including valuable wetlands, the wildlife and vegetation.

Iraq has been a conflict without timelines, without an exit strategy and indeed without a mission statement from day one.

When he got in the limo he sat down and his jaw dropped. We really surprised him and he got a real big kick out of it. It was a lot of fun.

Australia needs to refocus on the region and the war on terror instead of getting bogged down in the bloody quagmire of Iraq's insurgency.

It's a lot more convenient. We're able to do more than when I was paying $475 a month for the apartment I couldn't have. Now I'm paying for a house that I can have.