"We’ll also be reminded that just as each of us thinks of ourselves as being unique, we are also very much one."

"It will have its challenges of course, but most of all it means we will have intentionally left a lot of life’s negativity behind so that we can get on with our positive lives ..."

It was only a 'short trip', what could possibly go wrong?

"C'mon mate, let's have some brekky," he said.

"It’s the lack of response to simple questions that is a worry to me."

"As the years passed I just dealt with the mild discomfort and thought nothing more about it."

"I’m quite perplexed that an elected that the president hasn't taken a look back through the history books to determine this."

More than 80 percent of violent crime in Australia is committed by men, Brian Pickering writes.