I saw the threat, which was repeated more explicitly in the AFR...

I saw the threat, which was repeated more explicitly in the AFR today, but wonder how realistic it is. This deal already mixes so many politically toxic things:

- Foreign firm buying one of Australia's biggest private companies
- Green energy (+ inevitable price hikes)
- Big payouts for executives pushing for the sale of their company
- General perception, whether fair or not, that Brookfield/EIG are underpaying

Do Brookfield/EIG really want to add "perception they are abusing minority shareholders" to the list?

I don't personally subscribe to the hero-villain narrative that many others do in relation to this deal, but it can't be denied that perceptions are already pretty bad for Brookfield/EIG.