Managing our Decline, page-88

"Government needs balls and a will for the country. Oh and taking resource back in house? It’s strategic resource - security. Would the Yanks pull that in our place? Hell yes.

You have to play hardball. And if the big miners aren’t in the game, there will be Australians who will want to be in it. For good of country."


look at history - we could't even get a resources tax to hold - yet - you want to almost nationalise the place

not a snowballs chance in hell


"You always look in the negative across all things Australian. For once try to see a positive."

I most certainly do not always look at things in the negative

but, what I do look at is if things are a. worth it and b. if they are practical


this upstream processing of resources fails dismally at every turn

people haven't even told me how we will profit from it yet