is this the ultimate definition of irony?, page-11

''OZ Minerals board and management responded swiftly to the impact of these price declines with the suspension of multiple capital projects totalling $495 million and by cutting operational expenditure by $185 million,'' Mr Michelmore said."


They really do need to work on their mastery of plain English. Suggested alternative wording to more closely reflect reality follows:


“We jolly gang of drunken sailers were suddenly forced to sober up when we realised our wallets were empty, our credit cards confiscated and cut in half and we were forced to restrict our shareholder pick-pocketing activities to mere hundreds of millions of dollars”, a crestfallen Mr Makeusallpoor sobbed.