"...a commodity based country with a smidgen of high tech and some US manufacturing that the Americans allow us to have, we are basically at the whims of what the Americans and Saudis..."

Brilliant.  Brutal.  

There you have it folks:  why The PM's recent stellar performance in Washington DC and our multi-billion sale of military vehicles to Saudi Arabia remain so important.  

But... "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK!"