developer flew 82 tonnes of medical supplies to China
Santa said
02:49 PM Mar 27, 2020
Wonder how others feel about this? makes me pretty mad, China doesn't give a damn about the rest of the world,as long as they get what they want.
"A second Chinese property company based in Sydney flew more than 80 tonnes of medical supplies on a corporate jet to Wuhan in late February, at the time coronavirus was devastating the regional city.
The chartered plane with 90 tons (82 tonnes) of medical supplies, including 100,000 most needed protective coveralls and 900,000 pairs of medical gloves, has successfully departed from Sydney and arrived in Wuhan on 24 Feb"
Be careful, I just got booted from the Canberra Notice Board Group for posting this link.
dorian said
03:17 PM Mar 27, 2020
ISTM that our government(s) didn't anticipate the severity of the virus outbreak, so nobody thought to acquire the supplies for our benefit. I don't think it's fair to blame the Chinese for wanting to stem the tide back home.
ISTR that Italy shipped many tonnes of medical supplies to China before they themselves were hit, and China has since reciprocated by shipping 30 (?) tonnes of medical supplies in return, plus they have sent a large medical team to the disaster zone.
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 27th of March 2020 06:00:47 PM
Tony Bev said
04:57 PM Mar 27, 2020
In hindsight what has been done, has been done, and there is (in my opinion), nothing we can do to change the past
I do not blame any people for trying to help their own kind, health-wise, such as Chinese purchasing and shipping medical stuff out
I shall stick my neck out here, and say that history will prove, that our leaders were lacking
I had heard that China had started to lockdown, and that we had some cases of the coronavirus in Australia, while I was at Tamworth
I left Tamworth on/about 28/29 January
We have all seen what has happened in Europe, and America, as they seemed to have put the economy, before health, and now have more cases than China
Two months after China locked down approximately 760 million people
We here in Australia, are still not in full lockdown We have now got to the stage, were people who have not been overseas, or associated with oversea travellers, are now positive
Link below from where I got the number of 760 million, which is supposed to have come from The New York Times
What plane can carry 82 tonnes? If it helped to slow the virus may it was worth it.
Warren-Pat_01 said
11:49 PM Mar 27, 2020
Recently there was a letter in our Townsville Bulletin mentioning all the "benefits" of flogging companies, farms, etc off to China (mainly).
They (PRC) can do what they like, pay minimal/no tax to the Australian Govt, flaunt the rules, etc. Bob Katter might be a maverick in a lot of peoples' eyes but he is dead against selling Australia off for a few dollars.
And for all of the Aussie companies that couldn't wait to have their goods made cheaply in China, what about the situation now? Good old globalisation! Local unemployment, cheap products that don't last like the ones we used to buy, made in Australia.
We often wondered what would happen if there was a war - this is one good example! Stuff all is made here, only a couple of companies here make tooth paste - most is made in Indonesia! Only one small company is making face masks here - in Shepparton.
Cowboy7307 said
06:15 AM Mar 28, 2020
I heard from a friend, who heard it from a friend , from some one who works there
There was containers of toilet paper was being shipped to china,
Blues Man said
06:54 AM Mar 28, 2020
It is probably owned by the Chinese.
TheHeaths said
07:16 AM Mar 28, 2020
deleted - misread
-- Edited by TheHeaths on Saturday 28th of March 2020 07:18:13 AM
Mike Harding said
07:36 AM Mar 28, 2020
diggerop wrote:
What plane can carry 82 tonnes?
Boeing 747 can quite easily I believe.
And the Antonov An-225 can carry 247T and if you are ever lucky enough to have one fly close overhead it is like an eclipse of the sun.
Dougwe said
08:57 AM Mar 28, 2020
Struth! 82 tonnes, you have to think to yourself, how the heck that stays up in the sky Let along get off the ground
Keep Safe out there everyone.
dogbox said
09:23 AM Mar 28, 2020
seen some pictures from a driver that was doing a delivery where they were loading containers to be sent to china with all the stuff we are now short of. at the time the concern was baby formula and the caption on the picture was " not only baby formula look what else is going to china wtf" that was just before the the virus became a public so the sign were there the powers to be didn't know how to read them
jade46 said
11:36 AM Mar 28, 2020
747 800 Can carry 130 tons So 82 is a walk in the park
Wonder how others feel about this? makes me pretty mad, China doesn't give a damn about the rest of the world,as long as they get what they want.
"A second Chinese property company based in Sydney flew more than 80 tonnes of medical supplies on a corporate jet to Wuhan in late February, at the time coronavirus was devastating the regional city.
The chartered plane with 90 tons (82 tonnes) of medical supplies, including 100,000 most needed protective coveralls and 900,000 pairs of medical gloves, has successfully departed from Sydney and arrived in Wuhan on 24 Feb"
https://www.smh.com.au/national/second-developer-flies-82-tonnes-of-medical-supplies-to-china-20200326-p54e8n.html
ISTM that our government(s) didn't anticipate the severity of the virus outbreak, so nobody thought to acquire the supplies for our benefit. I don't think it's fair to blame the Chinese for wanting to stem the tide back home.
ISTR that Italy shipped many tonnes of medical supplies to China before they themselves were hit, and China has since reciprocated by shipping 30 (?) tonnes of medical supplies in return, plus they have sent a large medical team to the disaster zone.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-respirators/china-sends-medical-supplies-experts-to-help-italy-battle-coronavirus-idUKKBN2101IM
-- Edited by dorian on Friday 27th of March 2020 06:00:47 PM
In hindsight what has been done, has been done, and there is (in my opinion), nothing we can do to change the past
I do not blame any people for trying to help their own kind, health-wise, such as Chinese purchasing and shipping medical stuff out
I shall stick my neck out here, and say that history will prove, that our leaders were lacking
I had heard that China had started to lockdown, and that we had some cases of the coronavirus in Australia, while I was at Tamworth
I left Tamworth on/about 28/29 January
We have all seen what has happened in Europe, and America, as they seemed to have put the economy, before health, and now have more cases than China
Two months after China locked down approximately 760 million people
We here in Australia, are still not in full lockdown
We have now got to the stage, were people who have not been overseas, or associated with oversea travellers, are now positive
Link below from where I got the number of 760 million, which is supposed to have come from The New York Times
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00741-x
They (PRC) can do what they like, pay minimal/no tax to the Australian Govt, flaunt the rules, etc. Bob Katter might be a maverick in a lot of peoples' eyes but he is dead against selling Australia off for a few dollars.
And for all of the Aussie companies that couldn't wait to have their goods made cheaply in China, what about the situation now? Good old globalisation! Local unemployment, cheap products that don't last like the ones we used to buy, made in Australia.
We often wondered what would happen if there was a war - this is one good example! Stuff all is made here, only a couple of companies here make tooth paste - most is made in Indonesia! Only one small company is making face masks here - in Shepparton.
There was containers of toilet paper was being shipped to china,
It is probably owned by the Chinese.
deleted - misread
-- Edited by TheHeaths on Saturday 28th of March 2020 07:18:13 AM
Boeing 747 can quite easily I believe.
And the Antonov An-225 can carry 247T and if you are ever lucky enough to have one fly close overhead it is like an eclipse of the sun.
Struth! 82 tonnes, you have to think to yourself, how the heck that stays up in the sky
Let along get off the ground 
Keep Safe out there everyone.
747 800 Can carry 130 tons So 82 is a walk in the park
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/chinese-backed-company-s-mission-to-source-australian-medical-supplies-20200325-p54du8.html