How many companies in Australia export goods in any real numbers?
If I am setting up a company and want to export my goods I face a huge hurdle. The wharves. Moving goods into or out of Australia is throttled by the Wharfies. I believe that they hate Australia and Australians.
Look at a country like Sweden. They are a lot smaller than we are but everyone has heard of Volvo and Ikea. They have huge amount of social services but still do well. Finland and Nokia is another example. When you say Australia what product name do you think of? I bet you not a single product came to mind. The biggest problem getting it out of the country. Too many charges, too many steps and too much power in the hands of a small group of people holding the country at ransom.
How many contracts have been lost to overseas locations because of the same problem. Aluminium smelters and other opportunities spring to mind.
With Labor in power the power of the unions is only increasing. It needs to change or Australia will fade into greater obscurity or be taken over by some other nation in the future.
Addendum: I thought of one: Billabong.
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