They have to be kidding surely! Pay cuts? I bet some are barely earning enough to pay the bills in this country!
Maybe they mean the executives and fat cats take a pay cut? Its a pretty disgusting headline...
Watso, what planet do you live on mate? I get the impression you don't work in manufacturing so it doesn't bother you does it.
What will Australia have in the future? We'll make nothing... become a tourism/services country and have no real skills like so many people out there who sit behind a desk.
Australia apparently has one of the smallest subsidised car industries in the world. U.S, Germany they subsidise their car manufacturers more than Aus does.