nomadpete

None of the above are needed

When large amounts of money change hands, there are always strings attached. If China (or anyone else) hand over a big wad of cash, I expect there will be expectations of something to make it worthwhile for them to do so. Our exports to their country are not part of that deal.

What did I miss?

But only when it is accurately aimed at the jugular.

OK Jerry. Thanks for the gloom. Should I rush out and buy gold bullion? Or just a couple of cases of a nice red?

That's CASA's mantra!

What? I'm confused. The whole story of potassium? Or is it just bananas? It Just Keeps Getting Worse

Success! Everything on this thread..... It Keeps Getting Worse!

A convenient media diversion for the administration.

Really? Where did you read that? List them please. Have you looked at any examples of FOI's that have so much redacted that they are meaningless. Successive Governments seem to be afraid to let the voters know about their decision making processes. If honesty is so dangerous for them to reveal stuff, I lose faith in their integrity. Majority of FOI enquiries seem to be about stuff that is in the past. If the processes have been fair, there is no reason to keep secrets.

Seriously, I think the charge is a minor issue. We haven't previously had voter backlash about having to pay for government information - for instance, copies of birth certificates, etc. The big issue is about transparency, and the Labor party backflip on their last election promises to improve transparency, and to protect whistleblowers, and to give the ACC teeth. That should have people marching in the streets!

So does gunpowder. How does potassium relate to "Things Getting Worse"?

That sounds like a dashcam.

There's a bunch of them in a paddock by the River Derwent (Hobart), down beside the Cadbury factory

How would a saddlebag help him?