I was sitting having lunch with one of my colleagues in Sydney today at a restaurant in O'Connell Street.

Suddenly out of the window I saw John Howard, our PM, striding by. A couple of bodyguards discretely behind him, and no doubt a couple ahead, though I didn't see them...

One thing it shows: We are lucky enough here in Australia to live in a very stable and peaceful country. I can't imagine the US Pres being able to go walk about downtown in New York or San Francisco with just a couple of minders discretely positioned....