In fact on reflection;

Goody Goddy Good Good...

Dan.

I bet many still won't wake up !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgm9E_cmvWA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2PvXUxizNdaBKuYCFk0fIiBAam75Y_SA9Wb8li85kB-1JYvB-RwGMwKIc

What rock are you living under SR, & who tips the garbage in after you?

There have been a number of attempts to sell Chinese vehicles here, all rather dismal failures. If you come up for air some time you might notice very few vehicles on our roads have been any where near China, being built or otherwise.

SR,

What does China have to do with the Aus car industry?

As for the car industry closure, that roughly 75% of the jobs and market in the car industry had disappeared incl 2 of the 4 manufacturers pulling out under the Krudd/Juliar regime is conveniently forgotten by the left whingers.

That the subsidies in 2014 already exceeded the entire wage bill of the manufacturers and they still wanted more clearly showed that this industry was already dead. That this industry closed and the unemployment level went down, showed that it was not critical to the Aus economy. So yes I agreed with the decision.

Secondly, I have never advocated for disengagement with China.

Thirdly the $9m loss was before Covid 19, and considering that the payout to Folau covered his salary for 4 years and they still had nearly $1m in legal costs, RA is still far worse off. WRT Folau, considering that the Rugby codes are looking at slashing payments to 20% Folau is laughing all the way to the bank.

As for the Quantas sponsorship, with no games, that is also up in smoke.

Wake up & start moving. Why not start a local car industry again ? A no nonsense 4x4 Diesel, no fancy interior, no electronics, just designed & built for Australian conditions !
It would be cheaper & far less hassle than those highly electronic imported cars that leave you stranded because of a $50 component & costs you thousands to get your car transported to a service facility !

Dear Shadow Minister,

The Aussie dollar had track above the USD for nearly three years due to the mining boom making Australian manufacturing, particularly motor vehicles, temporarily noncompetitive. Some fools thought that this would go on forever so pulled the rug out in many different ways.

One of them was to strip tariff protection from parts manufacturers in a onesided trade deal with China.

Here is the list of items that were zeroed out.

http://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/chafta-annex-i-tariff-schedule-of-australia.pdf

Do a search for “vehicle”. 176 mentions of it within the document.