yes.. our beloved first world DownUnder paradise will be booted out of the Top 20 nations in 35 years
now brace yourselves...who do you think will be elevated?

no prizes for naming China and India

now come the shocker...Brazil...BlangaDesh !

yes...that will be the likely scenario based on a UK report by PWC

meanwhile, let us continue to

a. spend our children's money
b. keep medicare in its present unstainable form
c. increase GST to an insane 15% so that our crazy budget can be sustained to give more handouts
d. prop up industries which are not competitive because we want a minimum wage that can ensure 'good life' we are so used to
e. experiment with a social model that encourages growing of cannabis at home, supporting a political party which messes up the country's budget so badly that the new govt had to take drastic actions to put it right (and then re-electing that same useless party 18 mths later in a State Election)

No, this will not be a wake up call.

shhhhhh...let us slzzzzzzzp quietly at the corner of Bali beach (heck about the boycott on all things indon)

If Tony keeps office wont take until 2050 try 2016

Shear academic sensational speculation.

No need to panic.

The populous are not buying your and Abbott's scare tactics, as toni would say fanciful.
If you are in a business that is not competitive, get out of it, and that will make the ones left more competitive.
This country can only handle so many coffee shops.

@aussieboy

on the contrary, if ALP is in power, we will go down faster
i was dismayed when i see how ALP govern the country for the 6 years before LNP took over
i am not saying all ALP govts are bad...I am saying the last one was terrible
and i am not saying all LNP govts are good, but I can tell you the current one is far far better than the last ALP govt (save the tony gaffs)

thks

@conservative

my response to your post will be the last sentence of my opening post!

:)