He’s sort of got a point, but maybe overdoing the outrage a bit for someone who deliberately stranded 100000 pax not so long ago.
An inconvenient truth, it was a high risk strategy, handsomely rewarding him, Freehills (Now Herbert Smith Freehills) and a nice little earner as employers were lining up to follow suit and lock out their work forces.
What remains of political capital was mostly spent in Canberra that day. Of course whilst speaking of ransom little Napoleon ought be rather careful, it is exactly what he held the CHOGM heads and an elected government to, after allegedly making his mind up, all by himself on a Saturday morning. Of course with nothing to hide Lucinda Holdforth would have been allowed to publish her book, explaining how she got a call on Saturday afternoon to sit down with Freehills and write the little fellow's 'speech'.
With respect to the dovetailing of national infrastructure, is it really a surprise that one private monopoly charges a premium to another private near monopoly? Neither of which care for national interest unless a 'flag of convenience' needs flying?