Currently, [November, 1998] $5 Australian is approximately enough to buy any one of the following:

• 4 litres of milk

• 2 loaves of sliced bread

• 4 kilograms of uncooked rice

• 400 grams of uncooked pasta

• 500 grams of plain cheese

• 1/6 of a day's rent or house mortgage

• 6 litres of petrol

• 10 domestic stamps for a standard letter

• City Day Return train ticket for Zone 3 [City Centre to any suburb 15-20k out]