Buoyant Economies
The Demise of Australian Industry
The following are links to articles providing examples of Australian businesses suffering because the exchange rate system is delivering inappropriate import prices. This page attempts to provide a comprehensive list of businesses affected by cheap imports. Please send suggestions for other links to relevant articles to leigh@buoyanteconomies.com.
Cheap imports led to BlueScope Demise: 22 August 2011
Workers laid off as foundry enters receivership: 15 August 2011
Rising dollar taking toll on local exporters: 28 July 2011
Emerald Surfboards founder Steve Griffiths is forced to quit the industry: 29 June 2011
Heinz means big job losses: 27 May 2011
Aussie Pork Industry Battles Cheap Imports: 6 July 2010
Cheap imports force pottery business to close: 15 June 2010
Potato growers fear factory closure: 2 June 2010
Giving away our food future: 25 May 2010
Cheap imports threaten Coast Kiwis: 8 April 2010
Industry biosecurity: March 2010
The threat to Aussie steak: 23 February 2010
Abattoirs under stress: 22 February 2010
Rise and fall of an industry: 11 February 2010
Tile firm demise blamed on cheap imports: 4 December 2009
Eureka tiles: Another factory to close: 1 December 2009
McCain to close Tasmanian plant next year: 23 November 2009
Support for trawl fishing industry fast tracked: September 2009
Huntsman Chemicals plant closure costs 325 jobs in Melbourne: 8 September 2009
BHP Billiton Technology Centre at Shortland: 22 September 2008
Cheap labour draws Fisher Paykel factory to Thailand: 17 April 2008
Australian pork industry set to go belly up?: 8 March 2008
OneSteel set to close two mills amid rising competition: 18 February 2008
Mitsubishi Australia's 380 sedan reaches the end of the road as assembly plant axed: 5 February 2008
Vestas Blades Australia closes plant: 23 August 2007
Car Industry Feels Ford Closure Shockwaves:18 July 2007
Blundstone's boots move offshore: 17 January 2007
Second closure for Crane: 22 July 2005
Clothes factory blames closure on cheap imports: 16 September 2005
Cheap steel imports force 70 Smorgon Steel job losses: 30 November 2004
Cheap imports cited as reason for TAS mill redundancies: 20 August 2004
Blundstone puts in the boot: 4 August 2004
Do imports cost jobs? What's wrong with "fair trade": July 2000
Import Tariffs and Protectionism (history): May 2000
CSR CHEMICALS - later ICI Chemicals: February 1997
Why the Batteries have gone Flat: 20 October 1986
Last Update: 29 May 2011