21 April

Chile gets it. They have even more lithium than us. Leaving it to the ‘market’ (which is a fantasy) would just mean foreign firms coming in, mining the lithium and flogging it offshore, with piddling amounts to us in royalties and taxes, as happens here with our gas and iron ore. Most of our coal is also owned by foreign countries. All those BS slogans like ‘the private sector’ and ‘leaving it to the market’ are smokescreens for having your riches stolen from you by offshore companies.