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Us Victorians are now under stage 3 restrictions from midnight tonight.
Us Victorians are now under stage 3 restrictions from midnight tonight.
We need to be careful that sound very socialist lefty talk. Seems like capitalism is all good when it's good but maybe we are realising we need a centre government with strong checks and balances not far left or right one?“Private investors from a country with which Australia has a free trade agreement faced no FIRB scrutiny on bids for non-sensitive businesses valued up to $1.192 billion, and on sensitive assets worth up to $275 million.”
Or: you can buy Australia, just not all at once.
If we have to take temporary measures to protect the national interest, we should question whether our FTAs are good for us full stop. Global markets are going to change post coronavirus; all trade agreements should be reviewed and renegotiated to allow us to rebuild our economy. Greater royalties on resources and import tariffs to improve our trade position.
The government should also ban Daigou buying or at least regulate it, otherwise this will remain a backdoor through which the CCP can continue to buy stuff we need here.
You can blame the public service but the minister is the one approving the text. They won't let the departments publish clear guidance because they don't want responsible if it goes tits up.Can anyone ell me what this means in basic English? I find it amazing that I have to resort to news.com to figure out what it means. The DHHS site is a wall of public servant text.
"If you are outside, or in your backyard, gathering in more than two people, if you are having friends over for dinner or friends over for drinks that are not members of your household, then you are breaking the law," Mr Andrews said.
You face an on the spot fine of more than $1,600 and Victoria Police will not hesitate to take action against you. That is how serious this is."
Wow, never seen outline before, that's awesome.[mention]johnny [/mention] seems there is more to that medical supplies story.
China spree sparks FIRB crackdown
The federal government has placed immediate and indefinite restrictions on all foreign investment bids following at least two cases of Chinese-owned companies shipping medical supplies to Chinawww.afr.com
If you paste that article into outline.com you can read it.
“Private investors from a country with which Australia has a free trade agreement faced no FIRB scrutiny on bids for non-sensitive businesses valued up to $1.192 billion, and on sensitive assets worth up to $275 million.”
Or: you can buy Australia, just not all at once.
If we have to take temporary measures to protect the national interest, we should question whether our FTAs are good for us full stop. Global markets are going to change post coronavirus; all trade agreements should be reviewed and renegotiated to allow us to rebuild our economy. Greater royalties on resources and import tariffs to improve our trade position.
The government should also ban Daigou buying or at least regulate it, otherwise this will remain a backdoor through which the CCP can continue to buy stuff we need here.
Political donations (and all other forms of interference that are covered by the new laws), yeah, for sure. However, you might want to give evidence for how China is 'invading' Australia by immigration and trade before you settle on opinions like that, Pauline.Good stuff .
Its no good opposing China militarily when we have have allowed them to take over the country by stealth by immigration , political donations and trade .
I suppose most migrants are anti CCP so its not a rascist rant.
To those of you that drive cars and need to refuel...how are you going about using the pumps? I can't imagine service stations having someone cleaning every pump every time it is used, like supermarkets are doing with their trolleys+baskets
Yep, utterly contemptible, as with the lick-spittle approach they had to China in the opening days of this outbreak. WHO have really damaged themselves over the last few months (given that their head is a political actor rather than a health expert certainly does no help)If you weren't sure that the WHO were a lapdog for China then this has to remove any doubt.
Utterly disgraceful for a organisation with 'World' in their title. Politics over health.
Wow, never seen outline before, that's awesome.
Regards the article, I don't see any link between the purchasing of PPE and the new FIRB limits. Not only is that link not made in the report but purchasing retail items is not investment so companies like Risland could continue on buying whatever they want.
In saying that, I wonder where Risland got that PPE from at end of Feb. As far as I know, we were already scrounging for our own then. I wonder if unscrupulous sellers went to a higher bidder rather than keep them in the country and sell to the govt. It also seems funny as we're buying from China at the moment as well, it's like swings and round abouts...., or Chinese buyers purchase quality kit from us and Australian buyers get dodgy kit from Chinese suppliers (in saying that, the stuff we sell to China was probably made in China in the first place)
We do the same what's the difference?If you weren't sure that the WHO were a lapdog for China then this has to remove any doubt.
Utterly disgraceful for a organisation with 'World' in their title. Politics over health.
Yeah, that angle makes sense. And Phil Coury is a reputable journo so I agree, there is likely something below the surface and I reckon that you're likely right, that the govt is now faced with stark examples of SOEs working for strategic aims rather than market goals, and that's likely to be a big part of this. I also think that they are genuinely concerned about mass-scale bottom feeding, and not just from China. I didn't know about that power to seize goods from ports.I don’t actually think PPE is the issue here it’s just been used as an example, it’s the pivot the company made under directive of the ccp while we are all in crisis. Something else must be going on we don’t know about, remember Morrison enacted powers so border force/feds/etc could seize goods from the ports a few weeks back? Might not just be these 2 companies doing it. Maybe there was a lot of ccp infulenced companies taking adavantage and doing shit we have no idea about? To lock down foreign investment is a huge move by a gov who would privatise everything if the could..
Can you cite some examples?We do the same what's the difference?
Bunnings now doing online sales with home delivery, no reason to go out unless you really really need toI thought the messaging was a clearer tonight by both of them. Dr Murphy had one of his better nights..
What still isn’t justified is why you can only have 10 people at a funeral but 200 at bunnings.. Why can no more than 2 people can socialise together but 200 can browse bunnings for shit they don’t need..
This is where it gets messy. I find it brutally cruel the person limit of a funeral but not on people who want to by paint.. It’s a really shit, nearly unforgivable, policy..
Bunnings now doing online sales with home delivery, now reason to go out unless you really really need to
And to answer your question, I have no idea and I'm used to deciphering the jargon coming from ministers.
But the government seem super reluctant to define "need to"Bunnings now doing online sales with home delivery, now reason to go out unless you really really need to