Mojo ♻️Nov 20, 2023
#Optus parent company is #Singtel, which in turn is majority owned by the Singaporean government's #sovereignwealthfund Temasek.
Think about that, Aus governments have been busy offloading #qantas, #telstra #hospitals, #nursinghomes, roads, ports, powerstations, powerpolls etc etc. Basically, it is our vital infrastructure flogged off to foreign based (think #caymanislands ) #multinationals for peanuts ....
#cleverCountry ? I don't think so
#auspol
Mojo ♻️Nov 15, 2023

#Australia transforms from #clevercountry to dumb country #auspol #ausecon

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/11/australia-transforms-from-clever-country-to-dumb-country/

Australia transforms from clever country to dumb country

Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) senior fellow, Kevin You, has undertaken an analysis of Australia’s competitiveness using data from the respected International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness index. You found that Australia fell from the most resilient economy in the world in 2004 to 20th today. Australia’s ranking also plummeted 15 places on

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Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersSep 7, 2022

Australia once self-identified as the "clever country".

That phrase has completely disappeared. Today we tracked down the exact moment the phrase vanished from the national consciousness…

It was the day we voted in #TonyAbbott as PM over Kevin Rudd.

#KevinRuddCoup #KevinRudd #cleverCountry #australia #auspol #smearCampaigns #NBN #sovereignWealthFund #miningTax #rupertMurdoch #foreignMeddling