I think the truth is you can't trust govt departments of...

I think the truth is you can't trust govt departments of politicians from any side unless you have money in hand or are part of a fully budgeted and funded project and in the mean time the Feds don't change the playing field.

It takes massive scale and volume to justify a 2nd production area even with "govt assistance " from grants to payroll tax and everything else and then you have fair trade issues if you then export as well depending on how you were funded. Would love aussie production but costs here are larger and less govt support in general . Ultimately transport is cheap and labour in Australia even to repair and maintain robotic lines is expensive let alone inputs such as electricity ( unpredictable) and compliance.