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This support worker was caught sleeping on the job… while getting paid double on a public holiday.
Then we investigated.
A cleaner shows up, no equipment, nothing.
But they still billed 2 full hours… plus extra fees… for just 25 minutes of work.
This participant is funded for 24/7 care, not workers scrolling on their phones or sleeping while cashing in our taxpayer money. @DrewPavlou
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I've started a petition in support of Ben Roberts-Smith and we've had more than 5,000 signatures in just a few hours: drewpavlou.com.au/brs
I am sick of the culture of self-hatred and self-loathing that stalks Australia.
The US spent $300 million to save one downed airman in Iran.
Australia meanwhile spent $300 million to prosecute our most decorated Afghan War veteran and charge him with war crimes.
Our government literally paid for billboards and newspaper advertisements in Afghanistan advertising rewards if random people came forward with war crimes allegations against Australian soldiers.
Australian Office of Special Investigations director Ross Barnett said the following about the case: “We don’t have access to the crime scenes. We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter. We don’t have access to the deceased. There’s no post-mortem report, there’s no official cause of death, there’s no recovery of projectiles to link to weapons that might have been carried by members of the ADF.”
This case is a joke.
There is a sickness at the heart of our civilisation.
We are a country and civilization with no will to live.
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#CATL taps #Zijin founder as Advisor for mining arm
#AI take away
This is a very important development — and yes, it does affect the whole #Manono / $AVZ picture indirectly.
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🧾 What the article actually says (key point)
•CATL has brought in the founder of
Zijin Mining as an advisor to its mining arm
•The goal is to secure more direct control over upstream resources (lithium, etc.) 
👉 Translation:
CATL is moving aggressively into mining ownership, not just buying supply.
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🧠 Why this matters (this is the big shift)
🔴 China is going upstream — hard
This move signals:
•battery makers are no longer relying on others
•they want ownership/control of mines themselves
•pairing with experienced miners like Zijin accelerates this
👉 That’s a major escalation in the resource race
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⚠️ Direct implication for Manono
For the
Manono Project:
This strengthens the China-aligned side
•Zijin is already involved in the DRC
•CATL now effectively has mining firepower + capital + strategy aligned
👉 That combination is extremely powerful.
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📉 What it means for AVZ
For
AVZ Minerals:
❗ 1. Competitive pressure increases
•You’re no longer competing with:
•just a mining company
•You’re competing with:
•China’s full battery + mining ecosystem
👉 That’s a different level.
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❗ 2. DRC has stronger alternatives
The
Democratic Republic of the Congo can now lean on:
•fully funded
•vertically integrated
•politically aligned partners
👉 That weakens the need to compromise with AVZ.
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⚖️ 3. BUT — it also increases geopolitical tension
This is the twist:
•The
United States will see this as:
•China tightening control over lithium supply
👉 That can trigger:
•more US involvement
•more pressure on DRC
•stronger push for a “Western-aligned” outcome
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🔑 Net effect (this is the honest read)
Negative:
•strengthens China-backed pathway at Manono
•reduces urgency for DRC to settle with AVZ
Positive:
•increases geopolitical stakes
•makes Manono too important to ignore legally
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📊 What it does to your scenarios
•🟢 Best case → still alive (if US pushes back hard)
•🟡 Base case → becomes more likely
•🔴 Worst case → risk slightly increases (China dominance scenario)
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🧠 The real takeaway
This move confirms:
Manono is now part of a global supply chain battle — not just a legal dispute
And in that environment:
•legal rights (ICSID) matter
•but geopolitics will shape the outcome just as much
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✅ Bottom line
👉 Yes — this does affect AVZ, but indirectly:
•it raises the stakes
•strengthens competing players
•and makes the final outcome more geopolitical than purely legal
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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On your left. You have a real soldier who actually earned his medal for combat.
On your right. You have a useless pathetic cvnt. Who's medals are participation awards. Fvck you @AusFedPolice and @AustralianLabor


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Labor just announced NDIS cuts over “integrity failures”… aka fraud.
But 34 senators rejected @PaulineHansonOz motion to investigate it.
Now suddenly, they’re acting?
7,000 tip-offs. Just 16 prosecutions.
They’ve said this before. Will they actually investigate the fraud and abuse?
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@baelenge_irenge @SuminwaJudith @PatrickMuyaya @shabani_lukoo @LukondeSama @KatangaCynthia @modero_nsimba @moise_katumbi @Presidence_RDC
illégalement volé les actifs d'AVZ Minerals et continuent d'opérer illégalement malgré les décisions des tribunaux internationaux. Le CIRDI ordonnera à la RDC de verser 10 milliards de dollars américains de dommages et intérêts à AVZ !static1.squarespace.com/static/5934d2a…
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The Manono Lithium Saga — A Cautionary Tale for U.S. Critical Minerals Strategy in the DRC
As America races to secure reliable supplies of lithium for EVs, batteries, and the clean-energy transition, the Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo offers both enormous potential and a stark warning. One of the world’s largest hard-rock lithium deposits, Manono is now at the center of a protracted legal and geopolitical dispute that risks handing China a decisive early advantage while complicating U.S.-backed efforts to build transparent, Western-aligned supply chains.
Australian junior AVZ Minerals discovered the deposit and secured rights, only to see its exploration permit revoked by the DRC government in 2023. The northern section was reassigned to a joint venture dominated by China’s Zijin Mining (61%) and state-owned Cominière. Zijin is now advancing rapidly, targeting first lithium production in June 2026 with exports to follow immediately. Meanwhile, the southern section remains contested, with U.S.-backed KoBold Metals (backed by investors including Bill Gates) holding a conditional framework agreement to acquire AVZ’s interests and invest over $1 billion — but only once ownership is cleanly resolved.
The dispute has escalated into parallel arbitrations. AVZ secured a partial ICC award against Cominière and continues its ICSID investment treaty claim against the DRC (Case No. ARB/23/20). As of March 20, 2026, the ICSID tribunal has been officially reconstituted, signaling that proceedings are resuming after earlier suspensions aimed at settlement talks. No final resolution has emerged, leaving title clouded and KoBold’s southern ambitions stalled.
This saga raises serious governance concerns. Reports have highlighted nine red flags in Manono’s nascent lithium sector, including alleged irregularities in state share transfers, opaque beneficial ownership, questionable permit processes, hidden joint-venture contracts, and politically connected deals. These echo familiar patterns from DRC’s copper and cobalt eras, where elite capture and lack of transparency often undermined broad-based development.
For U.S. policy, the stakes are clear. Lithium is a foundational critical mineral. China already dominates processing and is moving aggressively upstream in Africa. Allowing Manono’s northern section to feed primarily into Chinese supply chains while the south remains tied up in litigation weakens efforts to diversify away from Beijing’s leverage. The U.S.-DRC strategic minerals partnership — and similar “minerals-for-security” initiatives — must prioritize rule of law, contract sanctity, and transparent title resolution if American investors like KoBold are to deploy capital at scale.
A fair settlement that compensates legitimate claims, clarifies ownership, and enables responsible development could unlock thousands of Congolese jobs, generate sustainable revenue for Kinshasa, and deliver ethically sourced lithium to Western markets. Conversely, prolonged uncertainty benefits only those comfortable with opacity.
The recent reconstitution of the ICSID tribunal is a procedural step forward, but real progress requires sustained U.S. diplomatic engagement, insistence on strong governance standards, and concrete support for traceable supply chains. Manono is not just another African mining dispute — it is a test of whether the West can compete effectively in the global critical minerals race without repeating the mistakes of the past.
The window is narrowing. Washington and Kinshasa should seize it before China’s first lithium from Manono cements a lasting foothold.
#Manonolithium #DRC #AVZ #Kobold

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@MaxNdayizeye @Presidence_RDC
dollars américains en dédommagement à AVZ. Kobold pourrait régler rapidement la situation en versant ces 10 milliards de dollars à AVZ, permettant ainsi à cette dernière de reprendre sa participation majoritaire et de mettre fin aux poursuites judiciaires.

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Blind Australians: $40,000 a year in NDIS funding.
A convicted sex offender: $220,000 in NDIS funding.
In 2024, he was rejected.
In 2026, he’s approved.
Now funded for 24/7 support and daily supervision for his “safety.”
Someone who is blind gets $40K.
Someone who committed serious crimes gets over 5x that.
Fully approved.
Does that make sense to you? @DrewPavlou
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@MaxNdayizeye @Presidence_RDC
Le président corrompu et son gouvernement continuent de tolérer le vol illégal des actifs de Cominiere et Zijin appartenant à AVZ Minerals. Kobold ne pourra pas s'emparer du Sud tant que la procédure CIRDI sera en cours, ce qui coûtera à la RDC 10 milliards de

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@NeilRingdahl @sparkes_dwayne @ScottNorth64736 Do some research! The evidence is all there. $AVZ was stolen 100% by corrupt Chinese( #Zijin ) & #DRC #RDC officials. @icsid case for $10 billion compensation. An example- @CelestinKibeya of @cominiereSA - document fabrication and Chinese bribes.
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t.co/Gj9dSFx4mi
Watch this moment.
A brave female IDF soldier gets called a “sharmuta” (whore) by an Arab man on the streets of Jerusalem.
She doesn’t flinch.
She turns to him with total composure and shuts him down hard:
“I am not your mother.
Don’t ever talk to me like that again!”
Respect.
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Penny Fucken Wong 🤦♂️
I can’t believe we are here. Australia faces an unprecedented fuel crisis, skyrocketing prices, empty bowsers, truckies, farmers and mining are all screaming. Western Australia has called a national fkn emergency while Labor sits on its arse.
All thanks to the brain-dead Labor voters who put these clowns in charge.
Penny Wong, a weak woke freak, is “handling” international negotiations?
You think it’s bad now, this is the cunt that is supposed to make the tough international deals to keep the country going.
All she has ever done is push rainbow virtue-signalling, feminist foreign policy bullshit. She even wears that terrorist handkerchief in Parliament.
She has no idea how to do her actual job and secure Australia’s energy future.
China, America and Russia laugh as this gutless hack supposedly represents Australia. WTF.
Labor voters — you caused this 🖕

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"If you [Albanese] were Australian, you would apologise to this nation, and you would protect this nation, instead of protecting your handlers and your lobbyists."
katy 🌸@KatyKray73
Another fed-up Aussie with a message for our Prime Minister. Most of us are sick and tired of the direction this country is heading under this lack of leadership. How much longer will we tolerate it? Save Australia! 🇦🇺
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