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[Brenda Aynsley]

David Lochrin wrote:

> I'm sure this has been explained to the good Senator, and I'm afraid
> I'm losing respect for him.  If he objects to stimulating the economy
> on principle that's one thing, but holding the Government over a
> barrel in order to get money for his pet project is quite another.

David this is called politics, practised over centuries, where politics 
means the art of compromise.  Today, Nick got the government's attention 
and has moved some aspect of the murray-darling basin higher up in its 
list of priorities AND in return the government has his support for the 
stimulation package.

That's a good outcome, it's what we call a win-win, is it not?

* Government get's what it wants
* xenophon can claim with validity, that he has fought for his 
constituency and in support of the platform he was elected on (or at 
least stood on)
* the murray-darling basin gets some much needed attention immediately 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/13/2490674.htm

cf brian harradine, barnaby joyce, steve fielding, meg lees

And I gotta say that as a South Australian watching the murray and lower 
lakes die, anything that can get a solution on the way is a really good 
thing!

cheers
brenda



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