This government is absolutely hopeless, isn't it? I think we can all agree that this is a particularly hopeless and ridiculous government. What did the now Prime Minister say before the election in the blue pamphlet, the 'real solutions' pamphlet? 'Our plan will deliver more jobs, higher real wages and better living standards for all Australians.' How is that going for the government? Those guys are just so hopeless. Unemployment got to 6.3 per cent. Was that higher than under the global financial crisis?