Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I think the question asked me why we did not see an increase in international competition and why we are not re-regulating the dollar. I think that is the impact of the question. We actually floated the dollar, Senator, and as I recall, at the time when there were liberals running the Liberal Party, you actually supported that. I know that you have connections with the bush, but I do not know why you suddenly have become a National. We believe that deregulating the dollar has been a good thing for this country. We think that overall it is delivering a strong economic benefit to this country. Yes, there are a range of manufacturing industries doing it tough in highly competitive environments.