Buyer Wanted - Mothballed Oil Rig

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English - December 05, 2020 21:05 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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Did you know you're the lucky operator of a rusty oil rig floating in the Timor Sea?

You, along with 25-odd-million others, that is.

This week, reporter Alex Mann investigates why Australian taxpayers are forking out four million dollars a month for this facility, some 550km off the coast of Darwin.