Carolyn Currie,

Thank you for your post.

I have only one difficulty with it.

As I never had a country, I cannot understand what you mean when you say: “our country”.

It will always be our country no matter who owns the land, as long as we have a govt;.
Foreign ownership of land is not all bad, it means export. Land would not be bought for no reason, and you can't take the dirt away like iron ore.
These foreign owners are still under our rules. Unless i am missing the bad bits i don't have a real problem with some foreign ownership if that has to happen

Fantastic article, sensible, logical, realistic. "morover a countries control of scarce resources is deemed essential during wars".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc5E6pvDv2Y&feature=channel_video_title many idiots are still waiting for WW3, when it was in fact, started by the WTO with the Lima Declaration, way back in the 1970's, we have have been in another "colder war" of cheque books & EFT, electronic funds transfers ever since.

Between 1945 & 1965, Australia was the closest, any nation in the world, has ever come to a class less society. Comrades Whitlam, Hawke & Keating have been stealing from the middle classes (that is you) & giving to the filthy, stinking, super rich ever since then.

Q, What do you think "compulsory super funds" are for?
A, steal your retirement funds as well, of course.

Now cashed up foriegn investors are buying up our best assetts at bargain basement prices. They will do more of it when GFC#2 arrives in 6 to 12 months or less.

If Wayne Swan continues to allow the take over of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Group & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastLink_(Melbourne) to be taken over by foriegn, international banksters, then he must be charged with "economic treason", jailed with "hard labour" for life.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12669#218805

skeptic, i am fascinated, what does "i never had a country" mean?

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12669#218810

579, what planet are you from? utopia?

YES, the dirt can be taken away, top soil is often removed from blocks by councils & property developers before they sell the block to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot 's, then you have to buy it back again, before you can establish a garden.

Foriegn ownership of ANY of our assetts is EVIL, will never be a good thing.

Land or any fixed assets should only be leased to a foreigner (whatever period one chooses). A country should never relinquish the right of how a certain asset is used.

Leasing would bring in a regular income, which can increase with inflation.

Why do politicians go for the quick option which appears very tempting for a few years? A huge inward investment? Leasing would bring in a lot more even over a period of 10 years.