The myths mainstream media fairly regularly state include the...

The myths mainstream media fairly regularly state include the phrase 'foreign owned coal companies', normally with another phrase such as 'high (or 'obscene') profits'.

Last time I looked in the mirror, just like you, I didn't observe a 'foreigner'.

Many companies such as woke QAN are 40 per cent or more 'foreign owned' but from that angle, they don't cop flak from the media or general public.

That coal miners do is highly irritating, but many journalists (especially on woke online sites) don't have a public email address or telephone number, no doubt because they know what they write can be false so they don't want to have to deal with aggrieved callers or emailers.

It'll be fascinating to see if in 2022 with the Glencore and Cintra scrip selldowns whether the number of small retail holders has risen. But we don't know if this group is largely Australians, Hong Kongers or mainland Chinese.