Its troubling times of late.... :/

Few of you know, but I work for a Ford dealership now, and we very rarely see brand new Falcons or Territorys (the ones made in Gelong and Broad Medows plants..)
However we see multitudes of Fiestas, Focus' and Rangers..
To put it simply, I've been there for 3 months now, and have only seen 1 new Falcon and 2 Territorys come through the doors and then onto the showroom floor... Where as, you'd be lucky to find a week where we haven't had a Ranger come in! Some weeks we'll get 3 Rangers and 2 Fiestas in one hit, and all are/have been sold to customers before they have arrived!

Its sad to see that its happening, but its evolution. People will always buy the cheaper option, and it just becomes an issue of supplying the demand and with that, shops of all kinds will have the cheaper products to keep getting steady sales, rather than hoping for that one sale of good quality Australian made product to keep the business afloat for another month...

Its not just the automotive industry, as people have said, it the agricultural, but its mainly your normal retail outlets. Look at clothing for an example, Bonds and RMW is now producing their products overseas... 2 very famous Australian icons forced to do what needs to be done to keep the business/company running.

The internet doesn't help much either.. As has been said before, I agree that there should be a tax on imported products to level out the price on products to make it slightly more even competition for everyone across the board. Not only would it slow the rate of buying from overseas, but it'd make people buy from Austrailan shops, therfore building up the industry again...

Long story short is that, buy the time I finish my apprenticeship in 2017, I, nor will anyone be seeing Australian made Fords... Which is a shame.. :(