I see another sacred cow is off to the slaughter house.
Pity, if any I would like to see SPC survive, as it is food that will go.
We will I am afraid realise too late that proactive action should have
been taken 20 years ago when Colin Campbell wrote his article and his book.
None of you listened, and you are still not listening.

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REBUILD MANUFACTURING !

Dear belly,

I have just read about the decision which Abbott crows is an “important marker” of his government.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/abbott-government-rejects-aid-package-for-spc-ardmona/story-fn59niix-1226813766357

He is also quoted as saying "This is a government that will make sure that the restructuring that some Australian businesses need, some Australian sectors need, is led by business, as it should be,''

What he really means he is wedded to the idea of the market being the be all and end all.

My God what ideologues have we let loose on our country. People bleated about the dangers of Green ideology but that is nothing compared to the damage these lot will wrought before we heave them out. I am not referring to the entire Liberal party or all its elected representatives, just look at the efforts of local Liberal MP Sharman Stone to get the package approved, I am speaking directly to the laissez-faire mob in charge who worship the holy grail of unfettered market forces.

I have always respected the electorate's decision but I really feel this time we have been sold a pup.

I want to nominate SteeleReedux for some sort of intellectual Darwin award.

SPC Ardmona it is in the spotlight right now.
Belly,
Govt should not be giving 25 million to a company that made a 225 million dollar profit only recently. What government AND Unions should be doing id to lock SPC's coffers so far as accessing them for paying their executives is concerned. Government & Unions should band together & take the 25 million out of the 225 mill profit & all will be good.
Don't expect us taxpayers to bail these greedy incomptents out again.

The cost of Tony Abbott,s baby leave is many times more the cost of keeping SPC trading.
Indy, maybe others, is unaware this country post free trade, has just one major Australian fruit processor.
And like others, may well be unaware the massively out standing victims are Australian food growers.
This mornings Murdock press is making its position known in its war on the ABC .
I ask my opponents to consider this, nothing is absolute, I an ABC nut, can find fault with them.
But consider with some degree of truth, can any one not see Murdock Medea is maybe ten times as unbalanced in its self interested reporting.
Australia is increasingly being divided by this strange little [morally] man, we are only at the start of a battle to keep some form of freedom of the press.
Abbott, a few of his front bench, and a few of his supporters are inflicting wounds in the end, on them selves, a change in Liberal leadership will be the result.
And scares to this country,s very fabric of one combined people in the end the fair go mate we love to claim is first victim of this poor leader and his Multi Billionaire BOSS.

Belly,
I'm afraid the Abbott bashing alone is simply not good enough to excuse what the ALP did & the ABC does.
I wholeheartedly agree that the Baby bizo is a bizarre decision & I for one am deeply troubled that the Coalition does make decisions like that.
You always mention truth well, the undeniable truth is that due to Union demands we are now arriving at situations such as Holden & SPC. The other guilty party are share holders & the tax system. Of course the ALP & it's unions will now embark in earnest on Abbott bashing to take the focus away from their own incompetence & corruption. Where are the unions when they're needed ? What have they done for Holden & now SPC workers ? NOTHING ! Instead they'll keep blaming Abbott's lot & ruin Australia even more. I suggest the unions do some Tafe courses in integrity & resposibility before blaming others for their doings.