We have a trade deficit because we spend too much money.
Why? because the government has no budget to limit the spend, they just keep borrowing. The public and business are the same.
So called "free trade agreements" are all very well but Australian must be the only country in the world which has uncontrolled free trade agreements, and more secret ones yet to be announced.
Everything has to be managed, if it isn't you have chaos which is pretty close to the fact in Australia.
If we had uncontrolled free trade in my household we would be in penury within 6 months.
To work smarter and more efficiently is unfortunately a (sorry) a glib remark from someone who is not at the workface of practicality
Everything in our lives are managed, how fast you drive, the lawn must be cut on your nature strip we live in a society that relies on controlled existence why then is the financial system and free trade sacrosanct
As to $2.00 for a litre of fuel it will be that if we do not take control of our own lives but let overseas interests control us
