"Our rental costs, labour costs, regulations, penalty rates, dozens of other hidden costs, online competition have all contributed to a hellish retail environment. It costs to much to do business in Australia. Amazon can turn over billions and pay pennies in tax. The overheads are some of the highest in the world and tax system makes business non competitive. We have a troubled manufacturing industry for obvious reasons. You can’t compete with China or India or with dozens of other countries who have cheap labour."
Here lies the true conversation if one is devoid of ideological and collectivist pandering.
