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As the Australian agricultural sector begins to buckle under the pressure of the US-led trade war with China, it seems it’s not just the farmers that are worried about their future.
Perth-based coal miner, Owen Bondhart (45) says he’ll be absolutely spewing if the government’s hostile dialogue with the Chinese government continues going the way it is.
“Mate. This has the potential to fuck everyone.”
“Every industry”
“Every voter”
“Every fucking asset”
As Owen points out, the Australian housing market is almost 50% reliant on Chinese investors, something that “that suss cunt George Christensen” could never understand.
“The bloke lives in Manila. He has no idea how the Australian economy works”
“Now he wants to stomp through the garden and get involved in this trade war. He doesn’t realise I could lose me home over this shit”
And by home, Owen doesn’t mean his fully air-condition 6-bedroom rendered brick McMansion in Ellenbrook, he means the villa in Kuta. His home away from home.
This comes as China places an 80% tax on all barley grain imported from Australia. A brutal move that some say is retaliation for Australia’s arguably offensive push for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
However, others in the international trade community saw it coming and say the origins and potential ramifications of the dispute run much deeper.
Whatever the case, Owen says if Kuta becomes 80% more expensive, people like him are going to have to settle for beach houses in domestic tourism locations, and ‘that’s gay’ because the grog is so much cheaper in Bali.
“Does this mean I’m gonna have braid me daughter’s hair meself?”
“I guess I’ll have to get my tatt finished in Thailand instead”
“Fucken good one ScoMo”
