Bruceyg; IMO our complicity in the illegal invasion of Iraq, rampant tax avoidance by USA companies exploiting Australia, our order for 72 F35 fighter jets, a grossly excessive one-way balance of trade in favour of the USA and their military bases on our soil says you're grossly understating the extent to which we're at their beck and call.
As for the details of how the so-called FTA with the USA has sold us even further down the drain; it's that bad our government won't even release the detail!
Thank goodness we're going to find out as of May 10 when the next major release of documents and online searchable databases are activated by the ICIJ:
