This is clearly a great move since, as we all know, Chinese electricity is of a vastly lesser quality that good old Aussie made electricity. China's domestic electricity is only 220v whereas our's is 240v.

QED.

Hi there ONTHEBEACH & PAUL10405...

This current LNP government have completely lost their way, as far as China is concerned ? There's no doubt we should encourage foreign investment into our country, but never ever sell off anything of strategic value, including prime agriculture land, or our best Dairy, cattle or sheep properties. In fact everything we export, whether it's iron ore or something else, we should endeavour to 'value add' to it in some measure, in order to get a greater slice of the cake the other end.

I dislike our untrustworthy Prime Minister immensely, enough said about him ! But I'm equally disappointed with Mr Scott MORRISON as our Treasurer, notwithstanding he performed well as our Immigration Minister. Clearly, he seems well out of his depth in his current Portfolio ?

I really don't know gentlemen, everywhere I look I see ineptitude by our stupid government. Running up more and more debt. Weakening our modest Defence capability, by purchasing a dozen conventionally powered Subs, scheduled to be delivered goodness knows when ? Of course they're already obsolete, because we needed Nuclear Submarines, capable of patrolling submerged with great stealth for weeks if necessary ! Stupidity abounds everywhere you look ! Everywhere ! Why is it so - ONTHEBEACH and PAUL1405, we're such a stupid stupid nation ?

"Beach, the biggest embarrassment to Australia are the racists comments of One Nation, Pauline Hanson and her supporters, Are you not a Hansonite yourself. from the Deep North." Paul.

What a pile of twaddle Paul. Japan, China, India, Russia, Turkey & every middle eastern country is saying regarding their countries exactly what Hansen, & any patriotic Ozzie is saying. Our country for us, not some blow ins.

Sure bureaucrats & academics are more interested in what others from other countries are saying, but that just shows they do not have the interests of average Ozzies at heart.

Any Ozzy bread, anti Ozzy twit, voicing attitudes like yours just proves that we can breed our own, & definitely don't need to import anti Ozzy sentiment, as we currently do.

The real embarrassment is that we allow the rubbish from noisy minorities like you to colour our policies. The Asians in particular must be laughing their heads off at our weakness in listening to people like you.

The Barrier Reef coal industry made China the electrical power it is today and has earned the right to Newcastle's warming grid. Chinese menus contain a bit of Oz Coal from Melbourne to Beijing.

o sung wu. we are in agreement on this, although you know my stance on war so I'm no a big fan of submarines, but you do make a point on that. Didn't we once buy some 'Mirage' fighters off the French, were they not lemons?

Back on the subject, I don't know how other similar countries Canada, New Zealand etc treat foreign investment. I can't see the US allowing China or Russia to take over their electricity industry in the way we are. Until this decision foreign investment has been nothing more than a rubber stamp job. Some government decisions have shocked me, and I'm not easily shocked! I'm sure many government decisions have shocked you and others as well.

Paul,

"Shadow, a bit of standard orthodox conservative thinking on your part."

That is basic public economics. Clearly the greens have no clue or memory of the economic disasters of nationalised industries in the 60s and 70s.

China's recent bellicose actions and threats against Aus have made it a concern w.r.t. holding strategic assets. This would not be a problem for France, Germany or Japan.