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Recoup


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Do we all blame China for the loss of the manufacturing in Australia ? Look back 45 years ,not many of us were than interested in politics , Australia signed the

(  Lima Declaration  ) with the UN , check it out , I hope it will not make you sick .



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Gee Hans,
what a way to spoil a great afternoon. I mainly still blame greedy middlemen and manufacturers for fleeing our shores. We dont need $1 tee shirts , or $1.50 watering cans from the B G S. either

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Craig1 wrote:

Gee Hans,
what a way to spoil a great afternoon. I mainly still blame greedy middlemen and manufacturers for fleeing our shores. We dont need $1 tee shirts , or $1.50 watering cans from the B G S. either

 Sorry Craig , but people need to know ,cheers



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When you have no OH&S, pensions for the masses, dental, negative birth rate. Give it 2 decades & China will have its third revolution to add to the 100 million killed in the first two. In the long run it will self implode.



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Lima Declaration.pngJust a little bid what it is all about



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We, the consumer, are to blame. We wanted cheaper. Australian manufacturing couldn't make items cheap enough here so they went else where. If you blame greed then look in the mirror.

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Well, I liked and still bought Rank Arena white goods. A tv, a fridge a dishwasher , a washing machine, all in the 300 to 500 dollar range. Still have a freezer from them going strong 30 years later. Never ever bought whitegoods from another company back then not matter how cheap the opposition was.

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Recoup wrote:

Lima Declaration.pngJust a little bid what it is all about

 

Who signed it and why? 



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Who signed it and why? 

 As far as I know, it was( Geoff Withlam ?) or the Foreign Minister that time , no idea why ,  check out Wikileaks , cheers



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