Re: Response from senator Penny Wong, MP Minister for Foreign Affairs.
This is part of the Minister's response to my query about what, if anything the Australian Government is doing to assist AVZ Minerals, which is under siege from corrupt DRC officials and equally corrupt Chinese miners trying to steal its world-class lithium resource at Manono in the DRC:
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to write to me.
I try to respond to correspondence where I can, but I receive a large number of emails every day and depending on your enquiry it may not be possible to get back to you.
I prioritise constituents in my home state of South Australia or those who write on matters relating to my role as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Please note that if your email is part of a campaign, it will be considered but not receive a response.
Unfortunately, the senator's response, particularly the bit that says:
it may not be possible to get back to you does not fill me with confidence of getting an answer to my query. Nonetheless, by any measure, the plight of an Australian company in a foreign jurisdiction plus the fate of its 20,000 Australian investors falls within her remit as the Minister for Foreign Affairs...so I guess I'll wait.
Cheers
F