Letter

In response to Trump's rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed 'Sputnik moment

Up the creek

Albanese high-fives himself about his rare earths deal with Trump. However, I can’t find any clarifying details about the deal.

A few days later, Trump signs an unexpected rare earths mineral deal with China who, unlike Australia, has the means to process the minerals into a saleable product and deal with the toxic waste that results from processing.

Someone tell me: does this deal, with our so-called ally, leave us up yet another a faecal resource creek without a paddle?

— Alyssa Aleksanian from Hazelbrook