The games are not about one person. It's about thousands of athletes coming together to compete for their country.

But I am encouraged that the Government has finally released a discussion paper for the industry to respond to. This Government is one of the most reforming governments in history but the media industry is one of the last industries to face up to the 21st century technology now available.

I'm disappointed Helen Clark didn't see fit to travel three hours to come over here.

As you will notice if you haven't already thrown the piece away, it is short. When you write short, you make fewer mistakes. Hence, this piece is darn near perfect.

I want to tell you something, we're going to get over Hurricane Rita, and it's not going to be that long. But, it's going to be a long time before we get over Ford Park.

It's great to have that noise echoing around the Park again.

For every dollar abated, the tax is shifted to someone else.

You wouldn't want tigers to get loose on the athletes, would you? The mind boggles at the thought.

This will be a once in a lifetime chance for all Australians to witness one of the greatest athletes of our generation.

We owe it to the people to get an accurate counting of what they thought. ...What I want is the people satisfied because if the people aren't satisfied, it's a bummer.