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“Companies always respond to the settings govts establish & generally take any money on offer. The aim now is to ensure that these settings are such that they benefit us all, not just the chosen few members of the team sitting beside the political negotiators” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia for sale? Albanese isn’t the first PM to offer our resources up to an ally | Julianne Schultz

In echoes of the past, the critical minerals deal with the US comes with the promise that more will be left behind than just holes in the ground

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The name of the drinking game comes from a former NZ Minister of Workplace Relations who was fired for, uh, workplace relations (having an an extramarital affair with a staff member).