if it aint broke why fix it

I don't know if the below will post legibly. If it does, the figures speak for themselves.

Labor Coalition
Net Government Debt $95.8 billion
(95/96)
ZERO
(07/08)
Interest on Net Government Debt
$8.4 billion
(96/97)
ZERO
(07/08)
Average Mortgage Rates 12.75% 7.20%
Real Wages Growth -1.8%
(Mar 83 - Mar 96)
19.8%
(Mar 96 - Dec 06)
Average Small Business
Lending Rates 14.25% 8.90%
Unemployment Rate 8.2%
(Mar 96)
4.2%
(May 07)
Long Term Unemployed 197,800
(Mar 96)
76,000
(Mar 07)
Average In ation 5.2% 2.5%
New Private Business
Investment $63.7 billion
(95/96)
$147.0 billion
(05/06)
Tax Burden 22.3% of GDP
(95/96)
20.7% of GDP
(07/08)
Australians in Work 8.3 million
(Mar 96)
10.4 million
(Apr 07)
Real Net Household Wealth $2,123 billion
(Mar 96)
$5,356 billion
(Dec 06)
Total Exports $99 billion
(95/96)
$196 billion
(05/06)
Waterfront Crane Rates
(per hour)
15.9
(Dec 95)
27.0
(Jun 06)
Industrial Disputes
(days lost per 1,000 employees, per year)
193
(Avg 83 - 95)
59
(Avg 96 - 06)
Credit Rating Downgraded
twice: AA
Upgraded twice:
AAA
Funding for Science
and Innovation
$3.8 billion
(95/96)
$6.5 billion
(07/08)
Funding for Medical Research $127 million
(95/96)
$951 million
(06/07)
Direct Funding for
the Environment
$379 million
(95/96)
$1,699 million
(07/08)
Funding for climate change $15.9 million
(96/97)
$499.4 million
(07/08)
Coalition
Defence Force Funding $10.6 billion
(95/96)
$22.0 billion
(07/08)
ADF Personnel who are
“Combat Ready”
45.2%
(Jun 96)
66.6%
(Jun 06)
Australian Federal Police Funding $192 million
(95/96)
$976 million (07/08)
Funding for Indigenous Programmes $1.7 billion
(95/96)
$3.5 billion
(07/08)
Total Spending on Health $17.9 billion
(95/96)
$51.8 billion
(07/08)
Health as Percentage of
Australian Government Spending
13.6%
(95/96)
22.3%
(07/08)
Australians with Private
Health Insurance
34%
(1996)
43.4%
(Dec 06)
Immunisation Rates
52%
(0 - 6 year olds
as at 1995)
91%
(12 -15 month olds
as at Mar 07)
Health Care for Veterans $1.6 billion
(95/96)
$4.7 billion
(07/08)
Apprentices in Training 152,700
(Mar 96)
404,200
(Sep 06)
Funding for Roads $1.6 billion
(95/96)
$3.4 billion
(07/08)
Mandatory Literacy Testing
for Children NONE Yrs 3,5,7,9
Federal funding for Government Schools $0.9 billion
(95/96)
$1.9 billion
(07/08)
Work for the Dole Participants NONE 555,489
(since 1997)
Funding for Child Care $1.0 billion
(95/96)
$3.0 billion
(07/08)
Total Number of Aged Care Places 141,292
(Jun 96)
208,698
(Dec 06)
National Respite for Carers Programme $19 million
(96/97)
$175 million
(07/08)
Funding for Overseas Aid $1.6 billion
(96/97)
$3.2 billion
(07/08)
Black Spot Road Safety Programme SCRAPPED SAVING LIVES
Federal Police Drug Seizures
(excluding cannabis)
162 kgs
(95/96)
1,114 kgs
(05/06)