Auzzie troops along with the English, American and many other countries invaded Iraq in 2003. So for five years lots of countries have been fighting over there. So what were they fighting for? Well, over in Iraq a guy called Saddam Hussein was treating people really badly and was said to be building weapons of mass destruction. But in 2006 he was found hiding underground. He was hanged.
So why did the troops stay in Iraq? The troops have been doing a lot of work with the community like building houses and schools. Some of the countries have pulled out their troops because it may have been too dangerous. Some have stayed though because they think their services are still needed.
Australia has sent about 2500 troops over to Iraq and about 600 are staying for other reasons. All of the fighting troops have left or are leaving soon. But the previous government say that the troops are coming home too early.
I reckon that it is not okay for some countries to stay when others stay because when Saddam Hussein was knocked off other rebels wanted to take over the countries therefore the countries left at Iraq will have even more work to do. Because so many countries are leaving the fight I think that Iraq will turn out really bad.

In Victoria, there is a zoo called Werribee open range Zoo. The owners of the zoo want to upgrade the zoo to a theme park, but other peopple are arguing about the fact. The animals won’t like the noise, and it will disturb them. they will call the theme park “African Safari World”. Read the rest of this entry »

Australia has done a lot of thinking in terms of plastic bags and the heads of states. they are thinking whether or not to bag the plastic bag. Only one state, SA, has banned the bag completely. VIC has not yet come up with a solution. Read the rest of this entry »

The HMAS Sydney was a navy ship that was sunk quite some time ago now. There were around 600 people aboard and all of them died. Although there was a life boat that washed up on an island that was from the HMAS Sydney. Scientists couldn’t discover who this person was, but they knew the body was on the Sydney. Read the rest of this entry »

Kangaroos have been bred in a security so they can’t get in or go out as they please. Culling means killing animals if they are sick or there are too many of them. Culling always comes with trauma, so there are protester wanting the kangaroos relocated instead of killed. People want the kangaroos killed because they are using up too much food because there are so many of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Formula 1s are in the trouble of time zones. The main area for viewing of the racing is Europe; the grand Prix could turn to another country because when the cars race it is night-time in Europe and most people are asleep! Read the rest of this entry »

Wilsons Promontory CampMondayThe journey first began as we took our seats and the bus headed off to Leongatha, where all the year sixes would eat their morning tea. We all played in the park for a little while. We set out again but this time, our destination was Wilsons Promontory, and before we knew it we were at the entrance. As we drove along the road that curved around the mountains, the landscape and scenery was amazing. I was very happy when we arrived at Tidal River Read the rest of this entry »