It's nice that it's the mumps. It's a dirty little disease, but it's very rarely fatal. You would like to learn on something that doesn't kill people.

It's nice to see so many dresses in the house. Usually it's dirty jeans and cleats.

Some years there just isn't enough work for lecturers. That, in general, is the source of reason. We do this when the budget comes out every year. It's a budgetary derived decision, and people have the right to know - so we tell them.

The key thing is people get flu from people, not the birds.

I think if we can prevent a fatal disease, we should.

What if we're seeing the stirrings of 'Dutch disease', whereby windfall gains from commodity industries push up the currency so as to squeeze activity in more productive sectors like manufacturing?