More on the Snowy

As I familiarise myself with the Australian blogosphere, I've come across two blogs which also discuss Howard's move to stop the sale of the Snowy.

Polemica notes that Howard's put Iemma and Beazley in the odd position of being pro-privatisation while he heroically stands in their way.

"A conservative government, rabidly pro-privatisation, has pulled the plug on the sale, leaving Iemma and Beazley - notionally but not necessarily anti-privatisation - out to dry in the middle of the political desert."

Likewise Larvatus Prodeo quotes Howard in full rhetorical jingoistic fervour.

"I have listened to that, and it is important that on occasions a government have both the courage and the willingness to change its mind on something."