There is no Internet business in furniture or bedding. Zero - practically in the world.

No other Australian retailer ever has decided to take on the world. We're going to take on the world.

People are out there saying we have to devalue our properties because of the Internet, but it hasn't even come into play!

The internet thing is what I have the greatest problem with. I don't know if anyone in the media gets the internet thing and Harvey Norman. I think they have some strange interpretation of it that bears no resemblance to what actually happens.

I'm probably not your typical business person in many ways. I don't wear a suit. I don't carry a briefcase. I don't wear a tie. I'm fairly casual. I haven't got a big office, and it's in a very ordinary part of town. I'd much prefer to downplay than impress.

One of the big hurdles in today's business world is you have to have e-mail and Internet access.