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Regular Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Country Vic
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Troubled times ahead,received an email from FOA,stating they[BMeadows] will go to 4 day weeks from end of April to the end of June 2012.
Still ,since my last posts months ago ,Elizabeth plant is flying,we hardly keep up with there requirements................ Just dont know anymore,where its all going,there is no security any more ,just glad im not a young un with a $300k mortgage.......... |
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Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
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There won't be any Friday built cars for months, no one will be able to say they have a Friday built car if they have an early 2012 Falcon or Territory that has issues.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
Posts: 12,025
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it`s the same every where mate, i heard on the radio yesterday or the day before 80 workers from the telecommunications industry got the bullet iirc, manufacturing been heading down the creek without a paddle for years, maybe even decades, now the creek is picking up speed, yes i`d also hate to be a youngen trying to get montary and job security these days as well.
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Straight Eight
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 2,049
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Govco clearly doesn't care. Who cares about opinion. We need to protects what's ours. And more government support for the manufacturing and automotive sector needs to happen.
We aint gonna be living off of China's money for much longer. Soon they aren't going to be able to pay the bills. And we'll miss out on a lot of opportunity if we have no skilled workforce and factories to make stuff. Other countries see the benefit of this. U.K is now subsiding car companies to start building cars there again. This is there way of trying to get out the financial hole they're in. Germany is a financial strength of Europe, and they heavily subsidise their companies. ZF is owned by an entire twonship or county or something. Can we see a link here Australia? Start subsidising. Start getting more cars built here. And give Ford more than 33 million hows abouts? Probably will once Ford makes up their mind. Why can't they make up their mind?
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Join Date: May 2008
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Location: Morayfield
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dipstick
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: sutherland shire
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how much of the falcon or commodore is made in australia?I know they assemble them here but what about the parts?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisbane
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FG Falcon fan
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Canberra, ACT
Posts: 913
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What shtts me the most is these idealistic Greens in the ACT govt who buy Priuses. What good is buying a fuel effic car which isnt as cheap as a falcon and sends jobs overseas.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2010
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The running costs and CO2 levels are way lower, hybrids are perfect for fleets and taxis who do high mileage, they recoup the difference in price via fuel sayings in the first 12-15 months, then it cash in the pocket... Since around 75% of Falcon and Commodore sales were to fleets and novated leases, I think we're seeing a big shift away from these traditional buyers with just a few retail sales making up the numbers. |
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Straight Eight
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Western Australia
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Trusted Seller
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Franganastan
Posts: 909
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I work for general motors corp (Holden) NDC in dandy and as far as parts go, 2 million bucks a day in part sales.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Perth, Northern Suburbs
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If something is developed and built in Australia, that creates expertise, jobs, and money in Australia. The company I work for is actually listed on the Singapore stock exchange. So what. I still get paid a ******** of money in Australia. I don’t agree with propping up industries that Australia shouldn’t be involved in anyway. But where does it end? Everyone in Victoria & NSW on the dole being supported by the WA & QLD mining industries? There’s no reason Australia shouldn’t be a world leader in steel production, and no reason we shouldn’t have a huge automotive export industry. What it takes is a government prepared to incentivise REAL investment and incentivise exports. Our governments (of BOTH colours) are too greedy in the short-term. |
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On top of that I hear that before it all folds there is a plan to shift all hourly jobs to contract. |
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Member 178
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Rockhampton
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Excessive Fuel Ingestion
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Queensland Coast
Posts: 1,585
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Next stop:
http://bathroomsinkonline.com/wp-con...0--300x287.jpg The whole place is heading that way.... Ed ![]()
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