http://www.loansense.com.au/historical-rates.html

Another statistic for you, Thinker 2, if you scroll down a bit,
home loan rates are listed month by month since the 60s.

March 96 10.50%
Dec 2007 8.30%

As I said, you remain confused.

Dear Thinker 2,

I admire your patience and civility.

It is a sad political fact that the
Coalition's current front bench is
lacking in substance and direction orchestrated
to all appearances by their leader. No previous group
of politicians has ever appeared so totally
unproductive in ideas and co-operation in the
interests of the people that they represent.
The mind boggles as to why anyone would support them.

Lexi,

It is easy to see why your mind is so easily boggled. You cannot even differentiate between fact and labor's own propaganda. This is especially telling since the majority of the public disagrees with you.

Some real facts:

Most of the Coalition front bencher were successful cabinet ministers,
Labor in opposition did little to bring policies forward until just before an election, and never submitted them for costing. Labor in opposition opposed negatively every thing the coalition did. Which is not surprising, as they were the Opposition.
Just about every policy Labor has introduced since 2007 has been a fiasco, and more about spin than substance.

As for Abbott's popularity, the reality is that in a successful government the opposition leader's popularity is typically far lower than the PM's. That Abbott is preferred PM shows how low Juliar is. For example Turnbull never got above 20% preferred PM.

Dear SM,

Lets face it - the current government is doing an admirable job
in an increasingly toxic environment. Credit where credit is due.
Mindless knocking by incompetent people does not change the
facts. Looking forward to 1 July - MRRT, carbon pricing - then
small budget surplus, and so on. The government will get on with
it - they will do an excellent job - and the glass jaw Coalition
will be seen for the incompetent spin doctors that they are.

Lexi,

Lets face it, Labor with its incompetent ministers has done a poor to mediocre job, having botched just about every policy, and the opposition has done a fantastic job in holding them to account.

On July 1st we will get the world's biggest carbon tax, which on top of the high dollar will drive more businesses to the wall. Given that the last budget was for a $12bn deficit, and is now approaching $37bn, I have full confidence that whatever surplus is announced, by our incompetent treasurer, will not be achieved.

Dear SM,

You're spouting the usual mantra fed by sections of the media
which are clearly partisan. Opinions are not of equal value.
Mr Abbott has done nothing to establish his, or his party's
economic credentials. He seems content to coast on the
so called spin that the Coalition is more competent at economic
management than Labor. The opposite has proven to be true.
Labor has done a brilliant job in repairing some of the damage
left after a decade of poor economic management by the Libs. It
still has a long way to go - but it will get there. No matter how
hard the Coalition tries to stop them.

The voters will get it right in the end.