[australia] government gets it right again

I like the current, long-term Australian government, I really do. From John Howard down, it goes to show that if the leader is quality, the class also tends to filter down. Look at this for example. Today, treasurer Peter Costello has defended Pope Benedict XVI over his controversial comments on Islam, saying the violent reaction was about the stifling of free speech. On a different matter, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez resembled a dictator who lacked class, during his "rant" at the UN, in which he called George W Bush "the devil". Chavez is not looking far enough.