OK Gentle Chief, I'm happy to leave it there up against that logic.
Hiya Dazz, I am quite keen to listen to your perspective!
Just that I disagree with the comment that the items listed are "non-essentials". Also you had missed Aussie bred Lamb/beef from your List and they are an essential.
Okay maybe not Jack Daniels or a Chicken Burger for everyone...
How about vegetables, meats, fruits, day to day clothing, blankets, sofas, doonas, cars, ipads, shoes, toothpaste, mobile phones, bus-tickets to everything else under the sun? There is not a single department that we can say we Australians are competitive with the world.
We have killed our manufacturing edge with these pricing. Exports is dying or dead. Barring coal & iron ore and other resources.
Something that may interest you...
What is the market rent per sqft on a Commercial IP (office space) like in Sydney, say the suburb of North Sydney to take as an example? We are talking about well furnished office rentals.
$30, 40, 50 even 70 per sqft per annum for the premium types in N.Sydney.
(like 400-450 per sqm)
How about $6 per sqft per annum rent on a mid rise building (8 floors) built in 1996 in a major metro with over 2 million people in the city? That is like 60 per sqm.
That is the price in USA!
A national company was the anchor tenant had just vacated to move into their own building constructed down the road. So you know the location. Nicely located in the corner of two major interstate highways. Posh location with plenty of restaurants and businesses around in every direction.
What I am saying is Simple,
We are paying way toooooo much for everything here in Australia.
Because we think we are in a 'lucky' country. It is a fallacy.
I am a proud Australian. But also a worried Australian - for my children's generation. We will get rid of every job and corporate very soon.