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Originally Posted by ESPJG32
unfortunately it is this sort of mentality that will cause Oz to be done over by the Chinese.....we are a minnow in the world of trade - China has individual cities with more population than all of Oz,,,,For us to be self sufficient we need to stop buying Chinese crap and buy from others at worst or buy Australian where ever possible.....remember charity begins at home, buy Australian, that gives an aussie a job...we make good stuff
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Consumers often don't have a say in where things were made, not much is made in Australia except for specialist stuff I have no use for and most manufacturers moved offshore, so they're to blame.
If it's rubber, steel or electronics, the manufacturers moved production to china.
Take for example sidchrome. Nearly everyone here might have a made in Australia sidchrome set. People never stopped buying them but nearly the entire global tool industry moved to Taiwan, sidchrome included. They can't blame the consumer for that move and loss of Australian jobs.
All we're left with is mining, farming, retail, building, service, tourism and niche manufacturing. Most of the stuff mined and a lot of the stuff farmed goes to china or elsewhere overseas, most of the manufactured goods come from china and the consumer didn't start this trade exchange.
Less jobs, lower income, inflated housing means chinese stuff is all that's offered and affordable for most now.