Great letter to the Editor in todays West Australian, page-47

''Great for exports''

Such a pity that we don't own the resource companies, foreigners own them

and we won't be 'exporting' any nickel for a long time - chances of catching the chinese technology for cheap nickel - a hard ask - but of course, we'll provide cash to help 'poor' foreign mining companies stay in existence whilst waiting for a miracle

it's the problem with dying - many people just refuse to accept that they are