Once upon a time, many ordinary household items were Australian made but now days every second thing appears to be made in China or someplace else.

I just bought the wife a small portable TV and as usual it's made in some place that I've never heard of, on this particular one it says 'Built in Antena'.

I think you have your calculation wrong "now days every second thing appears to be made in China or someplace else."

I would suggest it is much more than every second item, we hardly make anything now.

Import, import then import more. Blame our politicians.

Yes mine is from plug in here, strange country.

It's been the case for a long time now; our political class exports jobs, but still imports people. It makes no sense to me, but the politicians don't give a sh-t about what makes sense to me. Australia is being hollowed out quite quickly now.

Usually cricket balls come from India or here but recently a player bowled a made in Over . They must have extra stitches for spin.

"Yes mine is from plug in here, strange country."
No it just means you don't have to post it back for re-charging.