You're wasting your time with Telfer guys, I would say he's a "true believer". It doesn't matter a toss what you are earning in AUD in a country where a shoebox in a 5hithole is 3-4000 AUD a month whilst you and/or your family are sucking in pollution that the WHO considers unsuitable for a diesel engine to be inhaling.
Keep taking in the cool aid, it might even line your lungs