{"id":32294,"date":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/australian-government-doesn-t-have-bloody-clue-about-food-security-says-jan-cameron-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","slug":"australian-government-doesn-t-have-bloody-clue-about-food-security-says-jan-cameron-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/australian-government-doesn-t-have-bloody-clue-about-food-security-says-jan-cameron-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian government doesn\u2019t have a \u201cbloody clue\u201d about food security"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>An Australian entrepreneur whose bid to buy the country\u2019s largest dairy, but which was snubbed in favour of a Chinese interest, has launched a scathing attack on the federal government, saying it doesn\u2019t have a \u201cbloody clue\u201d about food security.<\/h3>\n<p>Jan Cameron, founder of Kathmandu, now fears that the strategic purchase of our largest dairy by China bodes ill for the sale of the Kidman empire \u2013 the country\u2019s largest beef farm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoliticians are stupid, short-sighted \u2013 they really don\u2019t have a clue about commercial reality,\u201d Ms Cameron told Leon Byner on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey mostly care just about being re-elected, and that\u2019s how they make their decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jan Cameron, founder of Kathmandu | FIVEAA\" title=\"Jan Cameron, founder of Kathmandu | FIVEAA\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jan_cameron.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Jan Cameron, founder of Kathmandu | Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brw.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">BRW<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>Ms Cameron said there would be no buy backs once Aussie food interests fell into Chinese hands.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cChina is not going to sell these farms that they buy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you sell the agriculture land to the Chinese, that\u2019s it. It will be Chinese for ever, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a profit exercise for the Chinese. This is food security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese government understands food security. Our government doesn\u2019t have a bloody clue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN to Jan Cameron here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/248749063&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ms Cameron said China was \u201chell bent\u201d on controlling all aspects of the beef industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey own the properties in the north, they own the transport companies and they now own the Port of Darwin and they own the ships picking up the live exports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of Australian labour that\u2019s going into that product,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/jason-akermanis-talks-bottom-four-for-port-adelaide\">AFL GREAT\u2019S WORRYING PORT ADELAIDE PROPHECY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/vigilante-cyclist-waging-war-against-motorists-on-adelaide-streets\">THE VIGILANTE CYCLIST WAGING A WAR ON ADELAIDE MOTORISTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian entrepreneur whose bid to buy the country\u2019s largest dairy, but which was snubbed in favour of a Chinese interest, has launched a scathing attack on the federal government, saying it doesn\u2019t have a \u201cbloody clue\u201d about food security. 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