Behold the ferocity with which the Labor Party’s National President attacked the two women who critiqued the government’s new industrial policy.
’s Labor Party clear to dabble in its worst instincts. In this case, evidenced by the voguish Future Made In Australia plan, which among other things promises $1 billion in subsidies for the domestic production of solar panels.It’s not “old-fashioned protectionism” but “the new competition”, Albanese insisted last week.
Her crime? Pointing out the fact that China is already dumping very cheap solar panels on Australia, meaning “the horse has bolted” and this nation is highly unlikely to ever compete on their manufacture in the global market .Other apparent travesties included her statement that governments had already allowed China to buy and control much of the Australian electricity grid and that China’s size, workforce and vast experience made it a manufacturing powerhouse.
Voters do not vote for independent candidates based on their understanding of international trade flows. But aren’t we lucky the citizens of Fowler choose a woman who pays attention anyway? The hand-picked head of the Productivity Commission has no need to antagonise the political party that’s put herThe Future Made in Australia plan risks making Australia a poorer, higher taxed and a less competitive nation.
The women pointing out the bleeding obvious deserve a rational rebuttal free of personal invective. The Labor Party’s national president seems disinclined to give it to them. Doesn’t that say so much.is Rear Window editor based in the Melbourne newsroom. A Rear Window columnist since 2017, she previously reported on financial markets and media.
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