Following is an article taken from The Conversation - http://www.theconversation.edu.au/ and provides some great insights into the importance of the industry as a generator of R&D and expertise and a key enabler for other industries.
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Does manufacturing have a future in Australia?
This question has now been brought sharply into focus, as industry leaders and unions pressure the Federal Government to consider new measures to safeguard Australia’s struggling manufacturers, and a pessimistic outlook takes hold.
In addition, recent downsizing and closures of major facilities such as BlueScope’s export operations at Port Kembla raise the further question of whether a amanufacturing decline matters to us anymore.
The current squeeze on manufacturing is seen by the Productivity Commission, Reserve Bank and financial market commentators as inevitable “structural change” by which productive inputs are reallocated to the resource sector to achieve a higher return.
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Lets face it - Australia is never going to compete on the manufacturing world market when workers led by union grubs like Paul Howes cry that they want more money for less effort & yet they cry louder when manufacturers in Australia cannot compete & they need to shut down as they are going broke but it always seems to be the managers/directors fault. When will unions realise they can't have it both ways? They cannot even manage their own union members money properly - they spend it on hookers & solicitors to hide their own incompetence.
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