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That requires a political class with a strong sense of shared fate. Russia has it. The USA has it. Tuvalu likely has it. Australia does not, and neither do most banana republics...
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H 7mo ago

Remember this?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/10/witness-k-and-the-outrageous-spy-scandal-that-failed-to-shame-australia

“It was not what you do to a friendly state. And it was not something you do for commercial advantage.”

LOL, LMAO even

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Low Information Voter 7mo ago 💬 1

Woodside was playing to win, Timor Leste got robbed, but IDK how Australia benefitted from this.

We can't even refine the crude, because BANANAs and permits.

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H 7mo ago

Mineral rights licenses, taxes etc. Same story with our now dead steel industry but we still make money from the iron ore. We're never getting that back btw, China's refining tech is 20 years ahead of everyone now.

It's funny that most people outside (and probably inside) Australia don't understand that the Lucky Country was meant to be an insult