Senator CHRIS EVANS (5:41 PM) —Mr Temporary Chairman, I thank Senator Woodley for his comments but I wish to assure him that his delusions about my level of influence in the Labor Party are very badly misplaced. As always he makes a worthy contribution to the debate and shows that a long memory is a good attribute to have in politics. I am not sure I am so keen about him being so thrilled by our change; I worry if Senator Woodley is that thrilled. But more seriously, the Labor Party has decided to support the second of the Democrats' request—that is, request No. 7—which moves the actual means test exemption of farm assets to 75 per cent. We are convinced by the arguments in favour of that policy. We note that it was a policy that the government adopted in 1996 and that, although that was in relation to Austudy, that has largely been folded into the youth allowance. We think it holds true. The government often exhorts us to hold them to their promises on GST, et cetera, and I will be interested to see whether they are as keen on this occasion. On the balance of the arguments, and given that promise by the government, we are inclined to support the request by the Democrats, which moves the exemption to the 75 per cent level.