The Western Australia Premier has apologised after a live microphone picked up a 'private and confidential comment' during question time where he was grilled about the diluted gold saga embroiling the Perth Mint.
Mark McGowan has issued an apology after a live microphone picked up his"storm in a f*****g teacup" comment about the gold saga involving the Perth Mint.
He said in a press conference the standard for gold purity is 99.996 per cent but the addition of the silver saw it dip to 99.992 per cent. He finished answering a query about a complaint lodged with the manufacturer over the purity of two gold bars sold to the Shanghai Gold Exchange in 2021. The government-owned corporation admitted last week to diluting $8.7 billion worth of gold it sold to China between 2018 and 2021 to save money.
"We've done a full check on everything, all briefing notes and so forth, and no, I wasn't advised," he said last week when asked if he knew it was happening.
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