[LINK] Sale of Telstra back in Parliament

[Howard Lowndes]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 14:37, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 12:57:22PM +1100, Antony Barry wrote:
> > On 04/03/2004, at 12:05 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> > 
> > >The same bill was rejected by the Senate last year and if it is defeated a
> > >second time it could become another possible trigger for a double
> > >dissolution election.
> > 
> > The only people to benefit from a double dissolution would be the Greens. A
> > DD is not on. Look at the current polls.
> 
> the government certainly doesn't want a DD with the sale of Telstra as one of
> the major issues....same as they didn't want the GST to be an election issue
> several years ago, they just lied and said it was off the agenda.  nobody would
> believe a lie of that magnitude this time around, though.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average voter.

> 
> what i find most interesting, though, is the fact that this is the first real
> test for the Labour party under Latham - are they just talk, or will they act
> to block the sale of telstra?
>  
> craig
> 
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