an abbott quote, page-15

How would you propose that a country such as ours with high living costs compete with a developing country like Thailand where workers receive $50.00 to $60 dollars a week.
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Exactly what the RSPT was designed to do. Get a better return from our natural assets which has been one of the major contributors to our high AUD (and is majority foreign owned) which is undoubtedly affecting the rest of the economy - Dutch disease. This money can be invested in infrastructure to ensure our processes get the product to market at a faster and more efficient manner.