How come it seems that Australia never has any issues? You never hear them on the world news...and they don't get involved much...or am I completely wrong?

Australia has a lot of problems just like everyone else but their biggest is man eating sharks on the beaches eating people.  And wildfires.

While we don't exactly lead the world's news (which is good) we do have our share of excitement. As signatories to the ANZUS treaty, we've been involved, alongside the US, in every global conflict since Vietnam. (We were in WWI and WWII long before America entered the fray.)

We've had our share of sporting success, made successful movies, won the occasional Nobel Prize, and are among the world's leaders in medical research.

We have the usual crew of bad guys (and gals) who make the news from time to time, and even have the occasional American-style gun massacre (I think we've had three of those in the past thirty years) but our gun laws make it harder for nutters and guns to come together.

We attracted world attention with the hugely successful Sydney Olympics in 2000 and lead the world in welcoming in the New Year. Well, New Zealand are a couple of hours ahead of us, but we  beat the rest.

And we are the world's security blanket. Why?  Because Charles Schulz (he's the guy who wrote "Snoopy") said, "If anybody tells you the world will end today, don't believe them. It's already tomorrow in Australia."

We have lots of good qualities and lots of bad ones, just like everybody else.

Well, it's warm down there. They don't get involved in stuff that does not disturb them. They are a long way from any conflict zones. AND they have barbies with stubbies!

Maybe because they have one of the world's best beers !