http://busybee.norg.com.au/2007/06/15/ben-cousins-property-mogul/ This is Busybee which we hope will satisfy your hunger for all things trashy. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:21:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 http://busybee.norg.com.au/2007/06/15/ben-cousins-property-mogul/#comment-1365 Mike Ainslie Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:59:22 +0000 http://busybee.norg.com.au/2007/06/15/ben-cousins-property-mogul/#comment-1365 Your source for the report on the Perth Liberal Party lunch (not dinner) misled you. Bianca Rinehart delivered not the keynote address but the vote of thanks to the Prime Minister. Miss Rinehart, a lady of quality with a quick mind and an enviable understanding of resources industries, correctly pointed out that the mining boom is fragile, because miners are subject to a host of pressures including high costs, difficulty in sourcing labour, and excessive regulation and taxation. One influential investor was heard to say "This young woman has had the nerve to tell the PM something important, that all of us should have said long ago." My information is that the Federal Treasurer was cheerfully impressed, and that his apple metaphor should be interpreted as "There is no doubt about the lady's parentage and grand-parentage." Quite so. Your source for the report on the Perth Liberal Party lunch (not dinner) misled you. Bianca Rinehart delivered not the keynote address but the vote of thanks to the Prime Minister. Miss Rinehart, a lady of quality with a quick mind and an enviable understanding of resources industries, correctly pointed out that the mining boom is fragile, because miners are subject to a host of pressures including high costs, difficulty in sourcing labour, and excessive regulation and taxation. One influential investor was heard to say “This young woman has had the nerve to tell the PM something important, that all of us should have said long ago.” My information is that the Federal Treasurer was cheerfully impressed, and that his apple metaphor should be interpreted as “There is no doubt about the lady’s parentage and grand-parentage.” Quite so.

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