The first Australian response to Trump was denial, then (unsuccessful) bargaining. Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in. Eventually must come acceptance.
Just rip that bandaid off, we’re going into an economic crisis anyways, at least let’s get rid of our dependence on American products and influence so we can start being our own country.
Depending on the US for anything is bad policy these days. I’d love to see the entire rest of the world collectively exclude them from the global economy. But of course the oligarchs won’t allow that.
Vote with your AUD as much as possible as a consumer. Even a 10% change in behaviour will shake the fuckers up.
[email protected] Canadians and Europeans are on the train. Get on, there’s still space :)
We’ve got heaps of land available. We should be doing more manufacturing and materials processing here. Selling ore is a joke when we should be selling refined product.
Just tax their(and all international) company earnings in Australia properly and put proper royalties on gas and mineral exports.
