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Mackka

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Please pardon my post.
I am fed up to the eye balls with Imports.
It is killing Australian manufacturing and subsidiary's.
The company I work for is family owned Aussie for 70 plus years. Yet imported products are killing all Aussie Manufacturers.
Wake up Australia, Buy Australian isn't a slogen , it is the future .
I know everyone wants a bargain, a good price, I see it on this forum.
Consider that your children or you (young person) may in the future never experience the beauty of an Australian Made product.
This is not a political statement as both sides are only fleecing their own pockets, I just want our children to to be proud of working for an Australian company.
My apologies again for my rant but the longer I live the more I see of American and Eastern influences and this will n
Be the death nell of al things Aussie.
Admin please delete as you see fit.
Mackka
 
Most things we use are imported and that's not going to change.

Pretty much all metal detectors are imported or contain almost 100% imported components.

The computer you typed the OP on was imported.

Most cars are imported now and that will be all new cars very soon.

Most mining and industrial equipment is imported.

The horse bolted 40 years ago.
 
I am looking to manufacture a little something. I intend to put in all the labour myself. Cost of the raw materials might kill it before it gets off the ground though as there are no local producers anymore and lots of middle men to import small batches.
 
Maldon Gold Centre said:
Most things we use are imported and that's not going to change.

Pretty much all metal detectors are imported or contain almost 100% imported components.

The computer you typed the OP on was imported.

Most cars are imported now and that will be all new cars very soon.

Most mining and industrial equipment is imported.

The horse bolted 40 years ago.
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Maybe but some manufacturers are going well - and there is a little something called import tariffs if needed , particularly in markets where global manufacturing is not a level playing field :eek:
 
We don't even make matchsticks here anymore.
I know this is a political post but. Why oh why did we allow our govt to privatise our country. ?
Telstra is ridiculous to talk to. Electricity companies well I won't even go there atm.
What are we going to do when most stuff is done by robitics and artificial intelligence not to mention quantum physics and quantum computers.
It's a big big worry.

Think I will stop now...zipped it ....
 
Where far from Fed makka but i hear what ya saying,part of the problem is the isolation and small population,expensive to ship cars equipment,well most manufacturing, etc etc that we can produce to other nations,its not europe,countries and huge populations everywhere you look,on the flipside after going to europe last year man this is paradise,still a young country with opportunties left right and centre if ya interested......
 
Well said Makka :Y: the truth hurts. It's all too common people buying low grade crap and championing the bargain they perceive. I had to hire a car trailer (tandem of course) the other week from a company that has gone national in a big way. As policy goes as soon as I hired it I am responsible for tyre's well as you'd guess I had a blow out. So these cheap skate mongrels put Chinese ***** tyre's on and think it complies with Australian standards pheeewt **** off I said. In the end when you return the trailer via an electronic console (same as when you hire it) you have to fess up otherwise the next person will be disadvantaged. Being an honest bloke I thought no chance and rang the mongrels given the blown tyre had 80% tread just ***** quality nothing more nothing less. So I contacted these money fleecing mongrels and said they can shove their policy where it fits and as you can imagine I was told the usual spin about how the person I'm speaking to isn't responsible and I need to talk to another department. I beat the scumbags and made them understand I'm not interested in their pretentious who's at fault *****. You get my drift large companies with **** all operating capital or a viable contingency asset are the big drivers of this mind set because to them it's percentage /profit that only matters. The good old bean counter politician has certainly ****** this country. God help the next generation. Rant over, thanks for blood pressure spike Mackka :Y: I reckon it's done me good.
 
The world economies are growing, but so are their debts. All this will come to a big crash.
What goes up, must come down. Australia is due for a recession, and once that hits, it will not be very attractive.
My concerns are the reliance on China, because once China's Economy bubble bursts, our dependence on them will bite us hard.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket they say. But I guess the government knows what is best :eek: :eek: :eek:

When another REAL crash happens, then they will rely on home grown manufacturing and resources. As it all should of been from the beginning. Every country should be self sufficient, but that won't ever work because you will always have the BIG GUYS wanting more MONEY. And we could go on about all the things wrong with MONEY, or the BIG GUYS.
 
I am one of a dying breed, a toolmaker, 35 years ago it was a semi worthwhile trade to be doing. Over the past 20 years especially the local companies have been going to the wall in ever increasing numbers, the only businesses that are viable are ones that cater to quick turnaround manufacturing. About 15 years ago I was mainly doing work for a business that supported amongst others a steel producer. The loss that they made was over a million dollars per hour when the production line was down. Needless to say that where I worked had limitless overtime and other businesses were opened to accommodate our requirements.

But as for general work the prospects were increasingly depleting due to China's pricing policy. Everything we produced was a class above what could be bought from China but our costs were almost double and sometimes even more.

Now the only GOOD trades are plumber, electrician and motor mechanic. Small tool outlay and good profits, with the potential to get a few jobs on the side. Ken.
 
I can buy as quality item overseas ...have it posted to australia...for half the price an Australian company wants.....what does that tell ya..YOUR BEING RIPPED OFF. The only ones to blame are Australian companies increasing prices to fill their greedy pockets.... :mad:
 
I hate this doom & gloom *****,this is still the lucky country,i proved it the last 6yrs,arrived in wa with the absolute shirt off my back,i had nothing,even had sold my detector to keep afloat,turned my whole life around,anyone can do it but you have to be prepaired to make sacrifices and bust ya arse,it wont happen sittin about crying hard done by.
Where resource rich and a bit isolated,so little old oz wants to take asia on in manufacturing i keep hearing,well the first step would be a wages drop to about $1 an hour,yep thats gonna go down well...... :)
 
Goldchaser1 said:
I hate this doom & gloom *****,this is still the lucky country,i proved it the last 6yrs,arrived in wa with the absolute shirt off my back,i had nothing,even had sold my detector to keep afloat,turned my whole life around,anyone can do it but you have to be prepaired to make sacrifices and bust ya arse,it wont happen sittin about crying hard done by.
Where resource rich and a bit isolated,so little old oz wants to take asia on in manufacturing i keep hearing,well the first step would be a wages drop to about $1 an hour,yep thats gonna go down well...... :)
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Yes. With hard work anything is possible. But there are a lot of factors, and for every success story, you have 20 failures. (NOT STATISTICAL)

Due to large populations in Asian countries, they can afford to do cheap labour. But China has a huge middle class now, and they don't work for peanuts. Manufacturing is now being sourced off shore by China, to countries with cheaper labour.

We are a lucky country, but I think its because we are a small country (population wise). But we are trying to grow too fast, and this is hurting us all.
I am lucky that my father chose to be an Auto Electrician, and we have a family business that is over 34years old. We have seen first hand what cheap manufacturing has done, and how it has affected what work we do and don't do anymore.
Starter Motor/Alternator rebuilds and repairs were our bread and butter for many years. Not anymore, its not cost effective due to cheap manufacturing.

Truth is, most customers want the cheap part, they can't afford the genuine one. And they couldn't care less who made it anymore.
Its like we kick ourselves in the head, and then wonder why we have a headache.
 
Stralya is far from ******
Wages are higher than most countrys in the world which is why aussie goods are expensive. We could take a pay cut in our jobs to bring prices down but not many people would go for that.

(I probably should off stayed out of this thread as im currently typing with one eye closed just to focus on the screen)

Edit: had to edit a bad word out
 

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