The Opposition Leader-in-waiting, Malcolm Turnbull (pictured), has thrown his weight behind the takeover of Australian farms by Chinese companies.
Speaking at the recent Sydney-China business forum, Mr Turnbull said Chinese officials or businessmen rarely explained their policies or strategies in the media.
He said this lack of publicity caused anxiety and distrust with Australians over investments by foreign state-owned corporations.
The China Investment Corporation is negotiating a stake in Australias largest dairy operation, the Van Diemens Land Company.
Turnbull said foreign investment is vital for Australian agriculture, as the sale of the nations largest irrigated cotton farm, Cubby Station, amid a huge groundswell of opposition, was about to settle…
He urged China to be more patient when buying Australian land.
Notably foreigners are not allowed to buy any land in China.
Turnbull said foreign investment in agriculture is essential, parroting the same lines as the Labor Minister for Resources, Martin Ferguson who believes agriculture has suffered for years without foreign investment.
Ferguson said although international investors overpaid for land, “prices over time would revert to a more rational mean.”
Neither politician seems to care about young Australian farmers being denied land at affordable prices to produce food for our country.
Foreign investment is not necessary for Australian agriculture to survive. We have billions of dollars tied up in mineral, gas and property assets, against which Treasury can create its own currency debt free.
Yet Australian farmers continue to support the Liberal National Party Coalition on the one hand while the farmer’s friend rips the guts out of the primary industry sector with the other.
This Cretin Malware Turnbullshit just has to look at the NZ experience. Asians are lactose intolerant. They don’t want the milk. They want the land and what is under it.
A great way for the Liberal Party to lose votes from concerned Australians. Suvvesive governments have had policies that give priority to foreign interests in this country. Australians have worked to build this country for 224 years, not the foreign interests. It is about time those purportedly representing us used their skills to represent our long term interests. We can see what happens when foreign interests control all food commodities beyond the farm gate – profits go off shore and we lose control of the wealth that was once reinvested here. Now foreign countries are buying our land, supported by ex politicians acting as real estate agents. We do not need a Defence Force because they will control us economically and do what they like. We have conpromised what is is be Australian and shown great disloyaty to the generations of people who have come here with hoppe to work hard and contribute to this country. Check our what AUSBUY has to say – we need to give a voice to our people before it is too late http://www.ausbuy.com.au
What sort of treacherous Australians have we got running the country? Both varieties!.One would think that peoples representatives would want Australians to get benefit of our australian assetts.If these fellows were in any of most other countries in the world,,they would be drawn and quartered or evel hanged.In consideration of these circumstances why not sell the whole country for the equivelent of say 2 million dollars per Australian citizen and the we would all be multi millionaires like Malcolm and we would not have to work any longer.”How about that for treachery?