This reporting season is very variable. Some of the results have been truly appalling and some have been very nice indeed. We don't normally get such a wide spread of results.

Excluding the exchange rate variable, the financial results were on the whole reasonable.

It?s going to be like that all season and we need to get used to it. Something that was natural to do before, I can?t do now.

Commodity prices look sustainable in the short term. Analysts are expecting spectacular results in the coming mining reporting season in February, and if we see profits and cash flows coming close to expectations then we may well see the continuation of the positive sentiment in resources stocks.

The nice thing about rice is you can season it the way you like.

It's a nice individual accolade if he can get it.