[Forum] With unemployment rising and China increasingly withdrawing support for the Australian economy, we as individuals, have to think clearly about how we survive into the future.
Anyone going into a shop needs to look at purchasing Australian made products.
Companies need to re-tool and produce the everyday goods we all use.
It is outrageous that things made in low cost countries end up on our shelves at prices that reflect first world profit margins.
Governments also need to do their bit by creating an environment that supports local industry.
Any disincentive to employment or taking a risk needs to be removed.
Payroll tax, high company tax, Workers Compensation, energy prices and industrial relations reform measures are vital to our future.
The Federal Government spends billions of dollars annually on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme but most of the medicines are made overseas.
Why not make them here?
Government intervention is okay, you know.
There are many more examples of opportunity, one just needs to open one’s mind to a new way of doing things.
Email, May 26
Garry Clifford, Glenning Valley