Mr Beazley, you say Labor will do nothing about the coalition's native title legislation until and unless it collapses. You at least promise to strengthen the Racial Discrimination Act, now a cornerstone of our democracy. Fourth, Mr Beazley, you say you will do nothing about the two-year waiting period for social security benefits, which has created a society with two entirely different sets of rights. Now you are going along with the Government's draconian extension of this system. Which brings me to my last point.
Nobody overseas cares much about our tax system.
The only three issues on the lips of the world about Australia are our handling of Hanson, immigration cuts and the partial extinguishment of indigenous property rights. Australia's failure to deal with racism has done this country more economic damage than the Asian crisis ever can. Australia desperately needs leadership that repairs the damage that has been done over the past few years. This means we need to restore programs and policies in the areas of immigration, multiculturalism, reconciliation and economic internationalisation. The tragedy of this moment is that we do not have a clear alternative among the main parties.