The idiot posted a chat with Klaus, there is evidence out there on the net. So I do hope he has a little visit to court.I think people need to start thinking how Der Puppet got his info. He didn’t just google AVZ and this popped up. He is being fed information from someone in the know. Perhaps someone who used to run AVZ and has ties to zijin through his new companies. So alot of info IMO will not be current.
Will be interesting once the dust settles if Nigel and co decide to take some personal action, like Kumova vs Davidson ( Swami ), who has been made to release his source for the info. Der Puppet went pretty hard to start with. I heard he had a disagreement with Nigel in his office a while ago hence the bad blood. All IMO
Cheers Sammy, sure sounds better than the electric shock to the gonads exploitative style operation of a company like zijin.
Thats what i am talking about Frank !I have been a liberal supporter my entire life, but this election IMO is a pivotal election for AUSTRALIAS future, we need to seriously address the infrastructure for the EV revolution going forward and ENCOURAGE, not DISCOURAGE the population to purchase EV vehicles, there should be a heavy tax on the purchase of NEW fossil fuel vehicles, not the other way around, we need to address the sensible eradication of coal and other practices as a major driver for our energy supplies and replace that with greener innovations like solar, green hydrogen , Lithium home battery packs etc.
*Well in that case, If you need anymore convincing, Do yourself a favour and take a look at how,
Australia’s slow warming to electric cars may get election boost
One of the world’s biggest laggards in electric vehicle adoption, Australia, is finally warming to the idea.
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On the campaign trail three years ago, Prime Minister Scott Morrison famously told car-loving Australians that EVs were too feeble to tow trailers and boats.
Battery-powered cars would be the death of the weekend, he warned.
Back then, not even one in every hundred new vehicles in Australia was electric, and it was rare to spot one on Sydney’s roads.
Even tractors outsold them almost 2-to-1, and Morrison went on to claim an unexpected election victory.
The picture is changing.
EV sales in Australia are soaring — led by the almost-ubiquitous Tesla Model 3 — and more brands and models are arriving in the market.
A national election on Saturday could prove pivotal: Morrison, who has ruled out subsidies for electric cars, trails in opinion polls.
The opposition Labor party, meanwhile, is offering tax exemptions on many EVs.
A surge in demand saw electric vehicle sales in Australia triple last year, to about 20,665, and hasn’t relented in 2022, according to Behyad Jafari, chief executive officer of the Sydney-based Electric Vehicle Council.
Politicians now know better than to dismiss EVs out of hand, and a change in government might push adoption closer to global standards, he told me last week.
“A fresh set of eyes could only be more helpful,” Jafari said.
“No one dares to be hostile to electric vehicles anymore.
The trend is moving in our direction.”
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Morrison’s federal government has said its A$250 million ($172 million) Future Fuels Fund should deliver EV charging infrastructure to 50,000 households and fund 1,000 public-charging stations.
But there’s no sign of financial support for EV purchases.
Labor is also pledging cash for charging stations on Australian highways, and is going a step further.
The party plans to exempt many electric cars from a 5% import tariff, as well as a 47% tax on EVs that are provided by employers to staff for private use.
While Morrison once derided EVs for political gain, Labor leader Anthony Albanese is promoting them to try and win votes.
Last month, he visited Tritium, a Brisbane-based maker of fast-chargers for EVs.
He called the Nasdaq-listed company, which has a market value of about $1.4 billion, a “great Australian success story.”
Still, plug-in vehicles make up only 2% of all new-car sales in Australia, industry data show.
That’s way behind a global average of 13% in the final three months of 2021, and a tiny fraction of the market share in leading adopters like China, Norway and Sweden.
Australia also lacks fuel-efficiency standards that could evict the most polluting vehicles from the market and make more room for EVs.
That’s led carmakers to prioritize other nations for new models, meaning those who do switch to electrics face limited choice and need patience — wait times for some deliveries run to months.
Even if there isn’t a change in the national government this weekend, political winds are shifting.
Last week, Western Australia announced A$3,500 rebates on EV purchases.
That means every Australian state and territory, including the most populous, New South Wales, now has announced some form of EV subsidy, incentive or tax exemption.
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I pictured something a little different in my head, dammm looks great budtwin turbo six hasnt got room to swing an ant in the bonnet, thank God I wont be touching that engine, but come on 400KW at the wheels now just with a tune and some basic mods and weighs only 1.5t, she's actually a GTS eater....vroom vroom and looks tough as fuk too I might add
There she is, eats GTS's for brekkie
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Is she coming?Anyone interested in a catch up Sat arvo for a beer/wine/coffee at the Breakwater? Would be great to chat about the week that was and what the future holds
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Anyone interested in a catch up Sat arvo for a beer/wine/coffee at the Breakwater? Would be great to chat about the week that was and what the future holds
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Or MelbourneTake it that's not in Brisbane?
If you can bring her along ..............then i will consider it.......Anyone interested in a catch up Sat arvo for a beer/wine/coffee at the Breakwater? Would be great to chat about the week that was and what the future holds
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This chinese article (propaganda) posted yesterday. No mention of Zijin (in the bin), but they do claim AVZ hold 60% of Manono the cheeky scamps.
Off topic (dont report me) but I saw that ol Winnie the Pooh has had a brain aneurysm
, apparently seeking to use 'traditional medicine' to treat it, so after some opium and a few incense sticks burnt he maybe underground. That could kick off some serious power struggle shenanigans in china.
https://c.m.163.com/news/a/H7J7UQM30519BQPG.html
Interesting to see what comes from this Friday as reported by Franck...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My post was not a contraction to yours but sharing information. I am not on Tweeter to play chess with people. A big coalition of NGOs will discuss about JVs on Manono's Lithium with Mr Mupande, DRC Mining Cadastral's CEO on Friday 20 in Kinshasa under <a href="https://twitter.com/The_SARWatch?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@The_SARWatch</a> moderation.</p>— Franck Fwamba (@FranckFwamba) <a href="">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Yea thats what I thought, oh great more 'snacks' with Zijins name on it......I'm sure it'll be an honourable occasion and teeming with the impartiality needed to convey a much needed legitimacy in this whole processA big coalition of NGOs sounds like a circus
I'd like to see Jules Alingete Key step in and squash zijin like a bug.
Yes I really had hoped this was all sorted before the Mining Minister even signed the license and it was just a matter of AVZ and DRC compiling a statement backed up with evidence that put the issue to rest. Looking increasingly unlikely.Yea thats what I thought, oh great more 'snacks' with Zijins name on it......I'm sure it'll be an honourable occasion and teeming with the impartiality needed to convey a much needed legitimacy in this whole process
must say am I finding it somewhat challenging to hide my frustration at the DRC Govts deafening silence
Yes exactly this, of course with the added caveat that the DRC Govt were going after the Zijin.Yes I really had hoped this was all sorted before the Mining Minister even signed the license and it was just a matter of AVZ and DRC compiling a statement backed up with evidence that put the issue to rest. Looking increasingly unlikely.