Despite telling Macquarie Radio earlier this morning that his government would be pushing ahead with the sale as it was in the best "interests of NSW", Premier Iemma announced shortly after Mr Howard's release, that the NSW government would be withdrawing its shares from sale.
首相のイエマ氏は今朝マッコーリーラジオに対し、売却が「NSWにとって最良の利益」なので彼の政権は売却を進めると言っていたが、ハワード氏の発表から間もなく、NSW政府はその株式を売却から引き下げると発表した。