don't you think australians should have their own products too? aside from wines and jewelries?
2007-03-21 19:21:05 · 5 answers · asked by warrior is a child 6 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
In Australia employers have to pay worker's comp, super, annual leave, sick leave, public holidays, minimum wage, not to mention licences, audits (average $4000 quarterly per licence) to keep the licences as well as various taxes. All of which has been hard fought for by the unions and expected by everyone.
in China there is no worker's comp, no payed annual leave, no paid public holidays and no safety regulations. There are a high percentage of Chinese on as little as US$1 per day.
The biggest problem is that Australians don't want to pay more to buy Australian. Instead we look for the lowest price which equals "made in China". As Australian companies cannot compete price wise with the imports this means they are forced to close or move the business overseas.
Very soon China and India will control all the world's production and once they do the prices will go up because as their economy grows the workers will demand more benefits and higher wages. Unfortunately, by that stage we will have forgotten how to produce anything.
2007-03-21 22:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cheap production is really all it is.
& free trade - China is a big market for Australian goods. If the government put quotas on Chinese imports, it would do the same back & really hurt the economy.
2007-03-22 03:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by HotGurrlz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree entirely.
Till Aust. introduces tarriff protection, we will always be at the mercy of cheap imports.
We could be a top producer of everything, from wool to wheat. And that would employ a lot of people, and that would be good for our country.
Also our natural reserves of coal and gas should not be sold overseas, at give away prices, like gas to the Japs at 1 cent a ltr, while we pay 57 cents.
2007-03-25 21:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by grasshopper 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure! all you have to do is pay US$50 for a monthly salary with no vacations, only 1 free day per month, no severance, etc and you'll compete with the chinese!
see? easy!
2007-03-22 02:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not the transportation cost because it is the same here in Canada.
2007-03-22 02:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph Binette 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋