If you are on that theme, why do we allow foreign companies to extract our oil, gas, coal, and other minerals with out having partnership with an Australian sovereign wealth fund. Qatar is ordering 18 bulk gas container ships so it can be flexible with its customers. By contrast Australia has the attitude that we should rely on other countries to provide the shipping transport. So who has control on marketing our gas? Indonesia has the oil and gas company "Pertamina". Indonesia also has part ownership in its largest copper gold mine in Papua.
Australia will spend 360 billion dollars on AUKUS defence purchases, and a lot of that will flow to US defence corporations.
AS a nation we are being financially screwed, and we think we are clever.
