Snoozer:
Going back to the orginal 'theme' of this thread, the much heralded superior economic 'management' you refer to does not seem to extend to our common pet here - aviation.
The waste of god-only-knows how much in excess of $100M on appeasing
political 'thugs' as you call them is scandalous, and worthy of a far reaching inquiry with autonomous powers.
Yet the response from the Dep PM, Minister suggests he was kidnapped about 12 months ago and has never been heard from since!
If NAS / ARG / NASPAG / DOTARS is an example of superior economic management I will be thoroughly investigating the credentials of those potential administrations deemed less 'superior'.
I will agree with you that Howard is a smart politician. His smart non-committal answers always seem to leave him with an 'out'. Very smart indeed. Makes it hard to know what he truly believes thought doesn't it? Or when he is telling the
truth?
Very smart.
[Oh come on
Bino - be a bit more specific!]