It occurs less and less to the occupants of the civilisation what a high-tech, highly sophisticated and mature civilisation is for.

The White House shape-shifter has gone out of her way to avoid public attention and protest at her presence in Australia.

' We're completely in the dark. Communication is arduous at best when confronted by the best and brightest of the Australian Army, although its probably a good idea not to draw their attention to their shortcomings.

Evidence of the hostile operations of the surreptitious and effective British military against the overgrown US equivalent remains scant.

Now shiny pipes course directly through bedrooms and living rooms and kitchens, entirely visible, and regularly polished. The situation faced at Coca-Cola's single largest bottling plant in India - in Plachimada, Kerala is a case in point.

But why are there so few happy stories emerging from the deadly war-zone onto television screens in the West? The loss of the expert, capable soldier, who died in hospital not long after accurately shooting himself at close range, has been lamented by the Prime Minister and others.

Our path is clear; we are for dialogue, logic and law and do not wish to escalate tension; however, we certainly do know how to defend our interests.

With the wisdom of Solomon, the benign but implacable Kofi Annan has made the only decision possible that can bring peace to the Arab world and Israel in the short and medium term.

Communication is arduous at best when confronted by the best and brightest of the Australian Army, although its probably a good idea not to draw their attention to their shortcomings.

In towns large and small across the continent military bands struck up profoundy unsynchopated rhythms and walked along picturesque Autumn-littered routes.

In Australia there are hopes in the long-term for a reform of Australian Defence Force culture, under a future and very different government. We know they will not allow the UN nuclear agency to do so. But these are only minor contributing factors to the swelling pride in the Australian heart at the dawn of this new century.

your civilisation does have plumbing, I take it? Nonetheless 'we pay in blood for the cruelty of our ancestors. Political perspectives in the East and West alike have been polarised.

com the day after the Dateline broadcast. This is how our doctors are performing at the moment. Our path is clear; we are for dialogue, logic and law and do not wish to escalate tension; however, we certainly do know how to defend our interests. This is how our doctors are performing at the moment. But now focus group and phone poll research, commissioned by worried entertainment industry executives indicates the strategy may have backfired. The potential for carefully cultivated future generations is limitless, as long as this youthful nation stays the course. In one ugly incident, Pittman was reportedly irritated when a cancer-ridden child was chosen in her stead to give flowers to anointed athlete Cathy Freeman. The Prime Minister is equal to the Zone of Chaos threat. Another contains footage of an apparently mentally ill or severely perturbed prisoner made into a kind of pet by guards and used to test new varieties of restraint.