Swandives

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19337615-421,00.html

JOHN Howard has forced New South Wales and Victoria to abandon plans to sell off the Snowy Hydro scheme after saying he would pull out of the deal.

The sale was now impractical following the Federal Government's decision not to sell its 13 per cent stake in the project NSW Premier Morris Iemma said today.

I suspect a whole lotta political jockying went on behind the scenes on this, but as long as it means they not gonna sell, I am happy. I might add that I don't quite believe it yet - I'm far too untrusting - but I'm certainly a lot happier.