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Old 29th Aug 2002, 02:12
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Whiskery
 
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No journo basher!

GT,

If Aunty had been born with balls, she would have been Uncle. RE:

IF the Government lifted the foreign ownership restrictions from 49% to say 70% then the share price would have gone up, refelecting the fact that Qantas could be lisetd on a host of overseas indexes, which raises its profile etc etc.
Please understand, I am no journo basher and most of your articles on aviation are generally well balanced and accurate. What gets up my nose is the way you guys quote "industry specialists" and "avaition analysts" but rarely name them or your sources.

The other point I was going to make but Keg beat me to it. Who decides if Peter Harbison is "a very high profile analyst and well thought of ..."

Peter Abeles and Rupert Murdoch were considered by the "industry experts" to be the best thing to happen to Ansett back in the '80s and the rest is now history.
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