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Breaking with the US will be painful for Australia in many ways – but it’s inevitable | John Quiggin (www.theguardian.com)
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The first Australian response to Trump was denial, then (unsuccessful) bargaining. Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in. Eventually must come acceptance.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

We've got heaps of land available. We should be doing more manufacturing and materials processing here. Selling ore is a joke when we should be selling refined product. Edit: And paying locals to refine it.