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Reply #15 - Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:32pm

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:00pm:

I was at Olympic Dam a few weeks ago..trust me the open cut is going ahead because the work on it has already started.
Thats why I was there

I was at the ICN meeting for BHP suppliers. the preliminary work is being done with $1B of seed money but the final approval for the $80B expenditure is not yet there. It aint done until its approved. Yes, it will probably be approved but it can just as easily be delayed a few years. After all, if you were a miner, would you be feeling the love from Canberra right now? Would a $200M advertising campaign against labor be something you'd consider?? Labor needs to be a bit cleverer than this.

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Re: BHP suspend all major projects
Reply #16 - Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:38pm

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:32pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:00pm:

I was at Olympic Dam a few weeks ago..trust me the open cut is going ahead because the work on it has already started.
Thats why I was there

I was at the ICN meeting for BHP suppliers. the preliminary work is being done with $1B of seed money but the final approval for the $80B expenditure is not yet there. It aint done until its approved. Yes, it will probably be approved but it can just as easily be delayed a few years. After all, if you were a miner, would you be feeling the love from Canberra right now? Would a $200M advertising campaign against labor be something you'd consider?? Labor needs to be a bit cleverer than this.

It will go ahead at the end of the year

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Re: BHP suspend all major projects
Reply #17 - Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:43pm

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:38pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:32pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:00pm:

I was at Olympic Dam a few weeks ago..trust me the open cut is going ahead because the work on it has already started.
Thats why I was there

I was at the ICN meeting for BHP suppliers. the preliminary work is being done with $1B of seed money but the final approval for the $80B expenditure is not yet there. It aint done until its approved. Yes, it will probably be approved but it can just as easily be delayed a few years. After all, if you were a miner, would you be feeling the love from Canberra right now? Would a $200M advertising campaign against labor be something you'd consider?? Labor needs to be a bit cleverer than this.

It will go ahead at the end of the year

Probably true, but that's not the point, is it? It was supposed to be voted on by the BHP board next month and now it MIGHT be voted on in 6 months time. The point is that this is hardly a good time for Gillard and Swan to spend every waking moment tryng to find some new way to attack the miners. Ive accused Gillard in the past of having truly awful political judgment. This is just another brilliant example of her complete ineptitude in political matters. a responsive govt would be seeking to find ways to assist this enormous industry but no.,... they attack it. You do realise that the Swan idea of removing the diesel rebate nearly led to the actual abandonment of Olympic dam plus a lot of other projects? He is a moron.

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Re: BHP suspend all major projects
Reply #18 - Jun 2^nd, 2012 at 8:42am

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:43pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:38pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:32pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:00pm:

I was at Olympic Dam a few weeks ago..trust me the open cut is going ahead because the work on it has already started.
Thats why I was there

I was at the ICN meeting for BHP suppliers. the preliminary work is being done with $1B of seed money but the final approval for the $80B expenditure is not yet there. It aint done until its approved. Yes, it will probably be approved but it can just as easily be delayed a few years. After all, if you were a miner, would you be feeling the love from Canberra right now? Would a $200M advertising campaign against labor be something you'd consider?? Labor needs to be a bit cleverer than this.

It will go ahead at the end of the year

Probably true, but that's not the point, is it? It was supposed to be voted on by the BHP board next month and now it MIGHT be voted on in 6 months time. The point is that this is hardly a good time for Gillard and Swan to spend every waking moment tryng to find some new way to attack the miners. Ive accused Gillard in the past of having truly awful political judgment. This is just another brilliant example of her complete ineptitude in political matters. a responsive govt would be seeking to find ways to assist this enormous industry but no.,... they attack it. You do realise that the Swan idea of removing the diesel rebate nearly led to the actual abandonment of Olympic dam plus a lot of other projects? He is a moron.

Why start the project now?

Forrest is looking to challenge the Carbon Tax and the Mining Tax

Abbott will repeal it

So the longer they leave it - the less impact it will have their business

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Re: BHP suspend all major projects
Reply #19 - Jun 2^nd, 2012 at 11:57am

Maqqa wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2012 at 8:42am:

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:43pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:38pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:32pm:

adelcrow wrote on Jun 1^st, 2012 at 5:00pm:

I was at Olympic Dam a few weeks ago..trust me the open cut is going ahead because the work on it has already started.
Thats why I was there

I was at the ICN meeting for BHP suppliers. the preliminary work is being done with $1B of seed money but the final approval for the $80B expenditure is not yet there. It aint done until its approved. Yes, it will probably be approved but it can just as easily be delayed a few years. After all, if you were a miner, would you be feeling the love from Canberra right now? Would a $200M advertising campaign against labor be something you'd consider?? Labor needs to be a bit cleverer than this.

It will go ahead at the end of the year

Probably true, but that's not the point, is it? It was supposed to be voted on by the BHP board next month and now it MIGHT be voted on in 6 months time. The point is that this is hardly a good time for Gillard and Swan to spend every waking moment tryng to find some new way to attack the miners. Ive accused Gillard in the past of having truly awful political judgment. This is just another brilliant example of her complete ineptitude in political matters. a responsive govt would be seeking to find ways to assist this enormous industry but no.,... they attack it. You do realise that the Swan idea of removing the diesel rebate nearly led to the actual abandonment of Olympic dam plus a lot of other projects? He is a moron.

Why start the project now?

Forrest is looking to challenge the Carbon Tax and the Mining Tax

Abbott will repeal it

So the longer they leave it - the less impact it will have their business

BHP already has equipment en route for the mine and hundreds of millions invested in works and other areas for Olympic Dam. But Gillard is determined to make sure she looks tough on the miners in what could be one of her worst political decisions in 2 years of truly awful decision-making.

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