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OT: Plebiscite 24-Jun-2011 At 6:40:51 PM evanbb

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On 24/06/2011 Sabu wrote:
>Was talking to someone about this and your solution evan and she mentioned
>that by shutting down the industry we'll export the raw materials and import
>Aluminium rather than process it locally (is this what you envisioned?).
>If this is the case she argued that the car industry will be killed off
>as manufacturers will move offshore instead of importing the aluminium
>which would have huge implications. Was this something you considered as
>well? And if so, your response?

That outcome would surprise me. I don't reckon Australian car manufacturers use much aluminium as it is. And they've been doing a good enough killing themselves off without external assistance. Rudd's handouts to the car industry were scandalous and I would have let the industry die. It amounts to industrial protectionism.