The dollar equivalent then was 70 cents. I mean, what really matters at the moment is if the Labor Party has an alternative to handle the economy at the present time can we please hear it. If they are putting themselves forward as the alternative government they do need to tell the Australian people how they would do things differently. Well, you re asking me to adopt the role of political commentator. We have delivered an economy whose fundamentals are stronger and better than what they were 5 years ago.
Nobody can argue with that.
He talked about investment in education and high technology. Well, that s fine, we re all in favour of that. So nobody argues with that, but that s not an alternative economic policy. People should remember those things when they listen to the glib remarks being made by Mr Beazley and Mr Crean at the present time. Do you wish that there wasn t a by-election in Ryan at the weekend, that Mr Moore had hung into the next election.