> We really don't have significant manafacturing We once did, but Dutch disease set in like many predicted at the start of the commodities boom. It's popular t

> We really don't have significant manafacturing We once did, but Dutch disease set in like many predicted at the start of the commodities boom. It's popular to blame wages but manufacturing powerhouses like Germany have equivalent wages and compete easily. People subtlety associate fossil fuels with a healthy economy and govts are unwilling to try change popular perceptions as it's contentious enough to have taken down a few PM's. Meanwhile Norway is now powered by 100% renewables and still shipping huge amounts of oil elsewhere. Australians are the 2nd biggest greenhouse emitters per capita after Qatar. It's shameful.