My heart goes out to the existing Ford Oz workers whose jobs are under threat, i pray it all works out for you, you worked your backside off so Australia can have a world class big car. The powers to be let you down because they couldnt find a solution to the problems all manufacturers in Australia face today.
Since the issue with building cars/manufacturing in Australia is wages, unions, carbon tax and a high Australian dollar my vision would be to get some of those new boat arrivals and train them up, pay them $20 a day and put them on a 3 year contract with limited workers rights and when the contract is up they can become a Aussie citizen with full rights!
Win win i reckon! Dont worry about exploitation, Dont worry about human rights- well thats how they do it in Asia aint it? Fair trade practise? If Asia is allowed to do it why not us? Its about competing on a level playing field-somehow!
cheers,Maka