greased palmer

I was reading today that Clive Palmer wants to bring in Chinese contract workers to fill mining roles. The Australian (which occasionally deserves the title of traitor) has used this to push the propaganda of a skills shortage:

HUNDREDS of Chinese contract workers will be brought to Queensland by mining boss Clive Palmer.

The move underlines Australia's inability to provide enough skilled labour to exploit the growing resources boom

nice supposition there folks, but perhaps it underscores how obligations can be avoided: payments to workers, superannuation, training or even just repsonsiblity

I am in little doubt that part of the problem also is that workers are using this opportunity to screw the mining companies for higher wages ... but I know from my experience when the times are not so bountiful, no matter who you are, the companies don't give a shit about you.

I'm willing to bet that the contract workers are getting paid well below what their Australian counterparts are

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Interestginly it turns out that

Mr Palmer, the biggest political donor in Australia and an active member of Queensland's Liberal National Party

Clive goes on to mention a few things:

"the only hurdle to the project going ahead was the Queensland Labor government's approvals process.
I'm sure the Premier would want to change that. Certainly the new government, when they come in, they'll be changing that."

Well, why wouldn't you expect to get what you pay for...

So much for democracy...
It may be judging a book by its cover, but Clive, you even look like a greedy so n so