i mean nothing beats queensland..nothing beats queensland when it comes to the sun..when it comes to the reef..when it comes to the surf beaches and when it comes to the rainforest. and we're open for business. >>scott: what about the strong dollar, that's not particularly helping is it >>swan: well certainly the strength of the dollar has an impact but we've got a great product in australia and we are still seeing strong visits to the country. the countries they come from changes from timeto time but we have a terrific tourist industry. but what we have to do is to get over the impression that the country..that the whole state was under water. it wasn't and our tourism industry is operating and is great value for money here at the moment. i recommend people particularly from the european winter...come down to queensland. nothing beats it. >>scott: mining sector, also hit by the floods, one of the reasons for australia's resilience and its relationship with china. how badly affected was the mining sector? >>swan: well certainly there was a temporary impact of a couple of the key rail

julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. opposing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the world. a journalist has recently been moved to become assistant director of the society. i think you were due to be in new york this evening. i am grateful

queensland which suffered so badly is one piece of our economy and earlier measurements suggest pay growthll be lower than would have otherwise been the case. crop production will be around 1.2 bean dollars less, $300 million less in tourism and coproduction could be 16 million times less in the march quarter. as we go about this recovery and rebuilding, we do know that the economic disasters that the underlying economy is strong and that is why it is appropriately -- appropriate mr. speaker to pay as we go. as the economy trains back to full capacity we won't take the soft option by differing savings until four years from now. that is why the government took the decision to engage in savings. it wasn't easy but it was the right thing to do, and we took the decision to defer infrastructure. once again it wasn't easy but it was the right thing to do. and we took the decision to ask the australian people to pay a flood levee, which was barely constructed. very fairly constructed so 60% of taxpayers are paying less than a dollar a week. now of course mr. speaker, we made these tough decisions

julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. opposing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the world. a journalist has recently been moved to become assistant director of the society. i think you were due to be in new york this evening. i am grateful

julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. posing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the world. a journalist has recently been moved to become assistant director of the society. i think you were due to be in new york this evening. i am grateful th

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