Yep, I'm reading all that you say, and I have no argument, let AN RIP.
Bitter Balance, because Howard is a polster. He like all pollies go's by what the public view is, hence he's been able to survive by cunning for so long.
Besides, I think there is a pretty big case to allow further competition to grow here in Australia when things eventually settle down.
The other thing Bitter Balance is that there has to be justification for everything. I don't think enough justification was presented to increase the foreign investment cap.
At the time QF were looking to lift the cap, they may have been courting Singapore to invest, as SQ's desire was back in 1994. This has certainly been the "dream" of Geoff Dixon to woo SQ into the alliance.You do that, and you lose a big STAR partner in the Asia Pacific region. Maybe the opponents of that were too strong for Howard to ignore. See, we don't know whether he wanted it or didn't. I say he did, but was swayed by outside forces.Nudge wink.
Gaunty, glad the hatchetts buried, gets tiring defending ones point of view.
