It was only a matter of time:

I watched that

He's mental

Yep, definately an "Only in Australia..." moment

I dunno, every country has maverick politicians who talk a load of shite

George Galloway springs to mind

Yes that's for sure, what a numpty.

He's right though!

China (and we're talking about the regime, not individuals) has historically not been expansionist - but the indications are that is changing.

China has been buying up huge amounts of Africa and elsewhere for decades. They are buying chunks of Australia too, and want to have vast areas of agricultural land. Why? Certainly not to sell food to the world at large - it's to feed their own country. When the penny finally drops here, what could we possibly do? Nationalise the land? If the Chinese wanted to walk in they could without any trouble, with millions under arms.

Palmer is a loose cannon - but even loose cannons hit the target occasionally.

Yes, some of the things he's said are very close to the truth, but what a transformation to his way of thinking given that just a few years ago he was championing the Chinese cause. Goes to show the difference a soured business partnership can make.

He is just a fat odious toad ideally suited to politics.

Have to say Paul, I'm slightly miffed off with you over this thread


Was looking forward to seeing a photo of a cute 'pup' I thought you'd acquired.

Sorry

I wanted to make it up to you by providing you with an image of a Clive Palmer dog. Couldn't find what I wanted but there are some great Palmer cartoons out there:

Hahaha! Thanks.

This one's great, very inventive!

Yep! Great use of watercolours.



I have a feeling they'll be more on the way. ....

Not for a while, some of us have to work!

Yep, just look what happened when Premier "Noddy" Newman went back on the deal with Palmer for the coal project.........