If only some of these bright sparks had raged against the offshoring of our textile, manufacturing, primary industry, and automotive industry, we'd all be living in an Aussie-made utopia on vast wages and great Aussie lifestyle. But you didn't give a **** that your "fresh" orange juice is imported pulp from Chile, your tight Bonds T-shirt is sweat shop stained, and you wouldn't be seen dead in an inferior locally produced car.
The public majority won't care about inferior training, safety standards, and your conditions/remuneration, as long as they can have their trip to Bali for $199.
The race to the bottom is not unique to our industry. Sadly.