I am telling you the truth. That is what the Minister said...

I am telling you the truth. That is what the Minister said during an interview when he was pressed for an answer and constantly evading it.

In the end he succumbed to the constant pressure by the interviewer and he said that they spent $94 mill dollars in oil to be stored in the USA. NOTHING at all about storing it in Australia.

And don't forget that we are not talking about tanks storages here mate, we are talking about huge underground storage facilities where any types of Government with the smallest of sense keeps huge amount of oil and/or fuels as a reserve just in case some form of urgency is needed and/or some conflict may unexpectedly arise it's ugly head and in order to keep them going for at least a 12 months period.

Just imagine of some sort of conflict or dispute starting and we didn't have that storage in place to start making use of it, when we are relaying on someone else. Who would keep our defence forces going, let alone some of the most important supply industries going.??

I hope that you won't be alluding to renewable energy and relaying on that here.

As for the TAX + Royalties part, well mate we all know what Politicians of all colours are like. Even John Law keeps on telling us that they are all fibbers and that they couldn't lie straight in bed even if they tried.

Cheers
Buddy