It is unacceptable that as a nation, Australia is trading at a loss. The past few years have seen an annual trade deficit of $25B, that is we import or buy $25B more than we export or sell.

Tariffs are the tools for nations to build economic independence!!!

A tariff is the means to sever dependance on the mother country and establish your own viable industry.

A tariff is an essential economic adjustment that maintains balance of trade.

A tariff offers an equal choice between the local and the imported product without loss to the consumer or the nation!

Wake up, economic rationalists.

In 1979 Australian farming and manufacturing was providing full employment and paying its fair share of tax on 90% of all goods sold in this country, now, in 1997 90% of all goods are produced offshore by foreign companies who pay no tax in Australia.