PM declares an interest

Story date: 2007-10-16 02:46:00
Added on: 2007-10-16 21:00:42

Age - PRIME Minister John Howard has defended his interest rate blunder, saying he is just human like everyone else. During a television interview on Monday night, Mr Howard was asked what the official Reserve Bank interest rate was. He said it was 6.25 ...


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