Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Industry propped up by Govt assistance
A comprehensive study of Australia's assistance to industry has found that companies get more than $11 billion dollars in handouts and other benefits from the Federal Government.
Australia has made much of its commitment to free trade, but a new Productivity Commission report, Trade and Assistance Review 2003-04, casts the country's credentials in a different light.
It estimates that tariff protection is still worth $7.5 billion, mainly in the manufacturing industry.
Another $4.3 billion is paid in direct assistance - delivered as grants, subsidies, loans or tax breaks.
The vehicle and textile, clothing and footwear industries get most of the benefits, but the sugar and dairy sectors are also heavily supported.
The Productivity Commission says the amount paid to industry remained steady last financial year, but is expected to rise by about $300 million this year.
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A comprehensive study of Australia's assistance to industry has found that companies get more than $11 billion dollars in handouts and other benefits from the Federal Government.
Australia has made much of its commitment to free trade, but a new Productivity Commission report, Trade and Assistance Review 2003-04, casts the country's credentials in a different light.
It estimates that tariff protection is still worth $7.5 billion, mainly in the manufacturing industry.
Another $4.3 billion is paid in direct assistance - delivered as grants, subsidies, loans or tax breaks.
The vehicle and textile, clothing and footwear industries get most of the benefits, but the sugar and dairy sectors are also heavily supported.
The Productivity Commission says the amount paid to industry remained steady last financial year, but is expected to rise by about $300 million this year.
© 2004 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sunday, May 02, 2004
Great to see some talk on the ABC about these issues. John Cleary Sunday nights
The Old cultural cringe though is still very evident . "What would hick country people know "( esp Katter - "he hasn't even got a passport")
Or take this rubbish; "life in rural austrailia s doesn't have a future" according to Michael Duffy .And how does he KNOW this?- "well it just is "( knowledge is belief and now a matter of faith for those who carelessly chants now with the Canberra sect?
I mean they don't have to look any further, dig any deeper - Its great how labour and liberals are in such a smoo chy mood over economic policy - the invisible clothes haven't looked any better for years!. http:/users.gsat.net.au/ tuf
We who study both ecosystems and economies KNOW they haven't got the big picture .......but will they listen ? oh no we believe what some ( of our very owncloned) academics and the multinationals tell us . All major parties in the Canberra sect trust the bookeepers and their high priests. The Economy is going well according to the ledger!!!!!!The new clothes of competition policy are delivering like nothing ever did before,,,, or ever will ( ottherwise we may have to wake up during our sittings!) ! AFTER ALL -THERE ARE ONLY TWO COLUMNS THAT MATTER AREN'T THERE ?
It gets worse " because the chants out of Canberra are louder, more insistent, more comfortable - when the major parties agree to something as complex to model as the economy , we know we're in trouble -only one view . monoculture
It makes them happy though - they think they are the only ones who recognised marxisms and the far left's heresies -
---there is no passion though, except when they are all in church during the week .
The Old cultural cringe though is still very evident . "What would hick country people know "( esp Katter - "he hasn't even got a passport")
Or take this rubbish; "life in rural austrailia s doesn't have a future" according to Michael Duffy .And how does he KNOW this?- "well it just is "( knowledge is belief and now a matter of faith for those who carelessly chants now with the Canberra sect?
I mean they don't have to look any further, dig any deeper - Its great how labour and liberals are in such a smoo chy mood over economic policy - the invisible clothes haven't looked any better for years!. http:/users.gsat.net.au/ tuf
We who study both ecosystems and economies KNOW they haven't got the big picture .......but will they listen ? oh no we believe what some ( of our very owncloned) academics and the multinationals tell us . All major parties in the Canberra sect trust the bookeepers and their high priests. The Economy is going well according to the ledger!!!!!!The new clothes of competition policy are delivering like nothing ever did before,,,, or ever will ( ottherwise we may have to wake up during our sittings!) ! AFTER ALL -THERE ARE ONLY TWO COLUMNS THAT MATTER AREN'T THERE ?
It gets worse " because the chants out of Canberra are louder, more insistent, more comfortable - when the major parties agree to something as complex to model as the economy , we know we're in trouble -only one view . monoculture
It makes them happy though - they think they are the only ones who recognised marxisms and the far left's heresies -
---there is no passion though, except when they are all in church during the week .
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The choice : Mate against mate or Mate with mate
Farmers , like the rats in the big smoke have fallen for the competition chants hook line and sinking .
Cooperation rather than competition is the model of effective policy for eco sytems as big as Australia's .
Competition maybe the model of efficeiency, but crude efficeiency isn't everything and it often doesn't last .
NO you won't be better off if you work harder and smarter . No we are in this togehter
So support the single desk approach so effective for wheat .. se ecosystems approaches to economic management
Farmers , like the rats in the big smoke have fallen for the competition chants hook line and sinking .
Cooperation rather than competition is the model of effective policy for eco sytems as big as Australia's .
Competition maybe the model of efficeiency, but crude efficeiency isn't everything and it often doesn't last .
NO you won't be better off if you work harder and smarter . No we are in this togehter
So support the single desk approach so effective for wheat .. se ecosystems approaches to economic management
