It’s true mate – deal with it. Amongst the highest wages in the OECD, but lowest productivity, and without government handouts can’t survive. That’s not positive in way shape or form.

“So you are saying “stuff” the production workers, and lets highlight the scientists, white colar workers instead?
Thats the impression I got.”

Each production worker in manufacturing produces far less man to man than any blue collar worker who works in remote locations in the toughest conditions possible for the Rio Tintos and Woodsides of the world. Stop talking like a union hack and look at what I wrote.

“Australia’s workforce is made of a very very big chunk of production/manufacturing industry. They allow families to be fed, they allow lives to be lived… they give jobs to people! Not just here but globally, manufacturing/production is one of the biggest employment sectors. Not everyone can be desk jockeys and be pencil pushers 40 hours a week.”

Like I just said perhaps you need to check the amount of revenue raised on a per worker basis for those in O&G and minerals against those in manufacturing.

I wasn’t commenting on global manufacturing bud, only Australian. Globally countries like Germany, Japan and South Korea can teach us a thing or two about productivity.

“Families to be fed”? You’re starting to sound like the typical Labor union hack mate. BTW union muppets are the laziest slugs in Australia.

“And no Im not in manufacturing, but my line of work is corelated to it… just found your comments very shallow, naive and grossly uneducated.”

Laughable, considering you seem to be totally clueless about what industries make profits and can stand on their own two feet. Did you realise international students make more money in Oz than manufacturing – a bit embarrassing isn’t it? You need to get educated mate – we will never be competitive in manufacturing.

“And its funny you said, medicine is profitable…. commercially? or research? commercially, do you know medical equipments are manufactured overseas hence they are very expensive, getting them manufactured here will recuce costs. Research?… any form of research unless for “cost reduction” is money spend… No profit there…. “

Production pharmaceuticals (including medicine) is profitable here.

“Gas?… like mining?…. gas is still processed and “manufactured” in a sense… so you dont make sense.”

Gas is not “manufactured in a sense” you imbecile – it’s processed. Next thing you know you’ll be saying the Hope Downs iron ore process plant is manufacturing, or the Olympic Dam uranium solvent extraction system is manufacturing.

Overrated and “unproductive” Manufacturing sector?
That sounds very wankaish of you.

So you are saying “stuff” the production workers, and lets highlight the scientists, white colar workers instead?
Thats the impression I got.

Australia’s workforce is made of a very very big chunk of production/manufacturing industry. They allow families to be fed, they allow lives to be lived… they give jobs to people! Not just here but globally, manufacturing/production is one of the biggest employment sectors. Not everyone can be desk jockeys and be pencil pushers 40 hours a week.

And no Im not in manufacturing, but my line of work is corelated to it… just found your comments very shallow, naive and grossly uneducated.

And its funny you said, medicine is profitable…. commercially? or research? commercially, do you know medical equipments are manufactured overseas hence they are very expensive, getting them manufactured here will recuce costs. Research?… any form of research unless for “cost reduction” is money spend… No profit there….

Gas?… like mining?…. gas is still processed and “manufactured” in a sense… so you dont make sense.