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why does this article go into the travel details ??????????????

"Senator Coonan and Finance Minister Nick Minchin will both travel overseas in late April and are expected to have settled the issue before then.

Senator Minchin told The Australian he would travel to Tokyo, Paris and London to talk to investors about Telstra and other finance matters.

"If the sale goes ahead, I will travel to the US later in the year," he said.

Senator Coonan will address the World Information Technology Congress in Texas on May 2, after joining an Australian IT delegation in San Francisco and attending a broadcasting conference in Las Vegas."

I'll tell you why....because the writer is implying that the Libs have decided that the sale will go ahead and these trips are designed to promote the sale.

So if it is going to be sold, the next step will be fatten up the cow so it will get a good price on the market.

Think monopoly free of controls, higher prices on the copper lines...