Australia's Future is Very Exciting

Summary

In this video, Friendlyjordies explores Australia's industrial future and the historical decisions that have shaped its economy. The video humorously critiques past political decisions, emphasizing Labor's vision for a sustainable, green economy. It juxtaposes Australia's past manufacturing prowess with its current potential in green industries, advocating for a future where Australia leads in global renewable energy production. The video uses humor and satire to discuss tariffs, unions, and the economic strategies of various political parties, all while envisioning a prosperous and sustainable Australia.

Highlights

• Analyzing Australia's economic evolution from manufacturing power to a service-driven economy. 🔄
• The role of tariffs in Australia's past economic landscape and their eventual removal. 🚫
• Humorous take on political figures and their economic policies, highlighting their implications. 😂
• Discussing the importance of green technology and renewable energy in shaping Australia's future. 🌿
• The potential of Australia becoming a leader in the global green economy. 🌏

Key Takeaways

• Australia's historical shift from manufacturing to service industries was driven by tariff changes. 📉
• Labor's vision focuses on a green technology future, creating jobs and boosting the economy. 🌱
• Friendlyjordies humorously critiques political decisions, emphasizing their impact on Australia's economic progress. 🎭
• Global investment in green technology presents a significant opportunity for Australia's economic growth. 💰
• The video encourages supporting policies that prioritize sustainable and innovative economic practices. 🚀

Overview

Friendlyjordies dives into an exploration of Australia's economic past and future, focusing on the shift from a manufacturing powerhouse to a service-based economy. The discussion highlights the policies and political decisions, like tariff changes, that have significantly influenced this transition. Using his signature humor, Friendlyjordies critiques past decisions and emphasizes the importance of adapting to global economic changes with sustainable practices.

The video humorously dissects the economic strategies of various Australian political figures, proposing that Australia's future economic prosperity lies in embracing green technologies. Friendlyjordies argues that Labor's vision for an innovative, sustainable future could place Australia at the forefront of the global renewable energy sector, capitalizing on past investments and geological advantages.

Friendlyjordies criticizes the missed opportunities due to past political decisions but remains hopeful about the future. He argues that supporting a green technology-driven economy not only aligns with global trends but also promises economic growth and sustainability. The video ends on an optimistic note, suggesting that Australia's potential to lead in the green economy is within reach if strategic decisions are made.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:30: Introduction and Historical Context of Australian Manufacturing The chapter discusses the topic of Australian manufacturing, beginning with a reflection on the nation's historical capacity to produce various goods. It challenges the perception that Australia no longer manufactures as it once did, echoing sentiments often expressed by political figures like Pauline Hansen. The narrative touches on nostalgia for a past where opportunities existed for less formally educated individuals to secure stable jobs, a situation that contrasts with the current educational and job market demands. Despite humorous undertones, the chapter emphasizes Australia’s past industrial strengths, including the production of clothing, machinery, and films.
• 01:30 - 03:00: Comparative Advantage and Economic Realities The chapter discusses the significance of the automotive industry, specifically the Ford Falcon, in Australia's economy during the postwar era. Manufacturing accounted for a quarter of Australia's GDP and employment at the time. The transcript humorously reflects on the change from pounds to dollars in Australian currency and the economic prosperity linked to manufacturing jobs.
• 03:00 - 04:30: Australia's Manufacturing Shift and Neoliberal Influence The chapter discusses Australia's manufacturing sector and its reliance on tariffs to thrive. The transcript begins with a light-hearted joke about someone working in a sector that contributes significantly to the national economy. The conversation then touches on the idea that tariffs were crucial for the survival of Australian manufacturing. The mention of a hypothetical comment by Trump about Australia's use of tariffs highlights the perceived effectiveness and past success of these trade measures.
• 04:30 - 06:00: Failed Opportunities and Future Prospects in Manufacturing This chapter explores the impact of high tariffs and lack of competition on the manufacturing industry over the decades. By the 1970s and 1980s, nations had imposed some of the highest tariffs, which were initially supported by labor unions and the business sector due to the high employment levels despite the absence of competition. However, this lack of competition hindered innovation and growth, leading industries to become outdated and uncompetitive globally, much like the extinct Dodo. The chapter illustrates how protectionist policies, while beneficial in the short term, can lead to a stagnated industry with missed opportunities for development and innovation.
• 06:00 - 07:30: Labor's Vision and the Role of Green Technology The chapter titled 'Labor's Vision and the Role of Green Technology' seems to explore the essential inputs in economics, drawing a parallel to complex board games where understanding the rules is crucial. The narrative is designed to engage readers by introducing a playful element, the Dodo mascot, to maintain interest while navigating through potentially tedious content. The primary focus appears to be on outlining essential inputs like land, resources, capital, and labor, setting the stage for a detailed discussion on green technology's role within labor's vision.
• 07:30 - 09:00: Political and Economic Narratives in Australia The chapter discusses the concept of comparative advantage within an economy, emphasizing the importance of directing resources into the production of goods for which a region is best suited. It contrasts the economic setups of different countries, such as America and China, in terms of resource availability and how these influence their global economic positioning. America, with abundant resources across various sectors, is positioned as a powerful nation while China, previously lacking capital, has managed to leverage its land resources effectively. There is a mention of 'Angry Birds mascot' as a distractor in the content.
• 09:00 - 10:30: Challenges and Global Opportunities for Australia The chapter titled 'Challenges and Global Opportunities for Australia' discusses the differing economic strengths and strategies of countries like China, Singapore, and Australia. China is highlighted for leveraging its vast labor force to establish itself as a global manufacturing hub. In contrast, Singapore has utilized its strategic positioning to develop a service-based economy with strong capabilities in areas like logistics and accounting. Meanwhile, Australia is noted for its abundance of natural resources but has less capital and workforce compared to these examples. The narrative humorously mentions the high wages for certain professions in Australia despite the limited labor pool.
• 10:30 - 12:00: Conclusion and Political Commentary The chapter delves into the drawbacks of investing in industries already dominated by countries with advanced infrastructure and expertise, such as China, Japan, Germany, and the US. It specifically highlights the inefficiency in trying to produce knockoff products, like Disney toys, when countries like Vietnam excel in such manufacturing. By using the example of Space Boys 3 toys, the discussion illustrates the challenges smaller economies face when trying to compete against established global manufacturing giants. The chapter suggests a need for strategic focus on areas where smaller or emerging economies might have competitive advantages, as opposed to directly competing in saturated markets.

Australia's Future is Very Exciting Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 Have you ever thought about this? Have you ever thought, is it actually possible to build things in this country? And I don't mean in the way that Pauline Hansen says, "We don't make things in this country anymore. I want Australians dying in steel smelting accidents, not foreigners. I love foreigners." You know, a nostalgic heart back to the good old days where you didn't have to complete year 10 to get a decent job. Oh, wait. That's now. In fact, I think that's the only way you can get a decent job these days. But she's right. Australia used to be a country that made stuff. clothes, machinery, movies. Yeah, I like the
• 00:30 - 01:00 second one the best. And of course, the greatest car of all time, the Ford Falcon, which due to its general use, I think should have been called the Mackers run mobile. But manufacturing formed about a quarter of Australia's GDP, a quarter of total employment by the postwar era. So that was awesome. One in four jobs, one in four pounds as we didn't have the dollar yet, which I'm still pissed that we changed the currency. I would have loved if you went on a Mac is running you, Falcon. That'll be 8 quid. Well, I can easily afford that with me well- paid job in manufacturing children cigarettes. After
• 01:00 - 01:30 all, I'm employed in the sector that gives us a quarter of our nation's pounds. Ah, so you're a quarter pounder? Yes, that intro was unnecessarily long. Yes, I twisted all the words around just to make that joke. The thing that allowed Australian manufacturing to survive was basically tariffs. I'm waiting for the day that Trump says in one of his adlibs, "The Aussies and Kiwis, they're very nice people. They used to have these beautiful tariffs. They were rich like
• 01:30 - 02:00 you wouldn't believe it. But now they're not so rich." Tariffs were very popular. Labor unions and the business world love them. High employment, no competition. By the 70s and 80s, we had some of the highest tariffs in the world amongst developed nations. The problem with that is if you don't have competition, much like the island of Maitius, you start evolving [ __ ] like the dodo. Because if your guaranteed customers as all they can buy are your admittedly hilarious business shirts and stubby shorts combos. That's what your industry's become. Just literally remember Dodo Internet. [ __ ] me. This was bad for
• 02:00 - 02:30 another reason. I'm going to need you to pay attention. It's boring. So I will randomly insert pictures of the Dodo mascot and you tell me how many we put in at the end. You need to understand. Oh, that's one already. This is going to be fun as in economics. Ah, [ __ ] I feel like I'm explaining one of those board games that take longer to explain the rules than to play it. Like, look at this. How much does this sound like those [ __ ] cards that are always in them? There's four major inputs: land, resources, capital, and labor. Each
• 02:30 - 03:00 economy has a finite amount of No, that was a trick one. That was the Angry Birds mascot. Long story short, an ideal economy diverts what inputs it has into whatever it's best at producing. So, if you're good at making cola, and we are, you put all your resources into making that. This is what's known in economics as a comparative advantage. America, for example, has a large supply of all four of these inputs, which is why it's the most powerful nation in the world because they could set up many different industries that are competitive on a global level. China previously lacked capital, so it leverages land resources
• 03:00 - 03:30 and giant labor force to become the world's manufacturing base. While small city states like Singapore, oh, it's back. It's been a while, huh, they relied on trying to train their labor force to fit into a service economy that had distinct specialtities and advantages. So, you know, logistics, accounting, what with all the Asians and Indians, am I right? Australia, on the other hand, has landed resources, comparatively little capital, and come on, next to no labor. I mean, this is the hardest working mean in Australia. And I'm getting paid appropriately for my input, 800 bucks an hour. So, if we don't have much money and we don't have
• 03:30 - 04:00 many workers, it's probably not a good idea to put what little money and workers we have into making knockoff Disney toys when you're competing against Vietnam who have that damn pat. I mean, as an avid fan of Space Boys 3, I can't tell the difference. Can you? You started to get it, though, right? Like making our own clothes, shoes. All right, that's enough. Airplanes. Oh, no. It's not. Apparently, countries like China, Japan, Germany, the US, they've already built up the infrastructure and expertise to make these things at a more efficient scale than us. So, continuing
• 04:00 - 04:30 on with this idea of no, no, we don't need Italian suits. We've got dryer bone. Good enough for a president. It is. It'd be like if we started putting all of our money into our national ice hockey team. Did you even know we have one? They're called the Mighty Ruse. Should have called themselves Cool Runnings, too. Who would have guessed we have a hockey team? Look, now I know that they exist. I'm instantly a fan, but it would be strange if we started sinking millions into them when we could be putting our money behind a sport that we can actually beat the Canadians in, such as shuffle boarding. Anyway, that's
• 04:30 - 05:00 why Hawk and Keing pulled the plug. In the 80s and 90s, they lifted the tariffs. That made us far richer because we started providing services the world actually wants as opposed to forcing a few in Adelaide. Buy this shirt. It's itchy. You a patriot or not, mate? Wear it and support the [ __ ] hockey ruse. Mighty ruse. Whatever. We'll go into details of how much richer Hawk and Keing made us in another video, but that's basically the reason you endlessly hear neats on Reddit wing that Hawk and Keing were neoliberal. That's what they mean when they say neoliberal. Hawk and Keing stopped us from making
• 05:00 - 05:30 [ __ ] socks. Bastards. I'd have absolutely bought those socks at a national pride. Jeez, the Chinese sucks a fight for one. Every man has his price. They instead refocused the very limited capital and labor we had into things that we could actually excel at, like conning Asians into paying for [ __ ] university degrees and cap this apron. I mean, at the end of the day, we are an island of sub 30 million. Keeping the tariffs up would have only been slightly
• 05:30 - 06:00 less insane than arguing, "Yeah, Fiji can produce worldclass helicopters and supercomputers and dildos, everything. Shut the borders." They'd be back to cannibalism within an hour. Yes, people have this nostalgia for companies like Holden and Ford, but guys, you know what's better than nostalgia? Triggering everyone who lives in Jalong by shutting it all down. You don't have a job anymore. Sucked in. Seriously though, that's a myth. Your trot tits like to paint this picture that labor let all manufacturing be sacrificed to the free market. But
• 06:00 - 06:30 manufacturing that had a use like Holden and Ford. They were retained with government subsidies basically as a Jalong specific dole really but also because they sort of acted as a college football for engineers and designers that would then be talent scouted for jobs in niche industries that Hawk and Keing thought would inevitably spring up if you kept these minds active. And they were right. Well, sort of. [ __ ] Are we still going with this? cuz I'm still entertained. I'll tell you biggest tragedy of Bill Shorton not getting elected in 2019. Easily. This one's heartbreaking. Bill
• 06:30 - 07:00 saw the opportunity to fulfill Hawk and Keing's prophecy. The car manufacturing base of Australia was perfectly placed to take advantage of the EV revolution. We had the rare earth minerals. We had the brains and infrastructure kept on life support because of those subsidies. We could have been the Jetsons. I'm not even overegging it. You combine Bill Shortan's EV program with John Barilaro's flying car development grand stitch. You remember that? I forgot he did that. He spent our money on flying car research. I tell you, in some alternate universe, he's riding around.
• 07:00 - 07:30 Yes. Just like Harry Potter to stitch the best one. Right when this long-term strategizing was about to pay off, the Liberals cut Holden and Ford subsidies. They killed Holden and Ford. Just about the most unAustralian thing you could possibly do. Yet they have the goal to stand in front of eight [ __ ] flags while doing it. All that careful nuance planning put together by some of the greatest minds on earth. All that investment over a 40-year period right when it was about to pay off. Nut or for naugh just because the liberals are
• 07:30 - 08:00 basically. I tell you there's only one thing more depressing than doing political videos and that's doing historical political videos because it really multiplies how dumb all the commenters are that are going to say stupid [ __ ] like the mages have destroyed this country. Vote independent. makes you realize [ __ ] if they don't even appreciate the immediate bananas in the hand of look monkeys look poor monkeys are 10,000 bananas richer under labor 10,000 [ __ ] me you could have bought a ford with that if there were any left here you go on trading
• 08:00 - 08:30 your bananas for a limit holding man it's just astonishing while they're counting their cash that they got in tax cuts and wage increases nap both majors have killed this country vote independent what chance do you ever have of explaining to them the long-term vision spanning decades into the future that Labour tries to jam into the tiny little stints of power they have before being banished to the opposition benches for another eternity. The PE brains aren't capable of understanding that what Labour's currently offering won't just set us up for the next decade. This will set us up for the next century.
• 08:30 - 09:00 Future made in Australia. If we let this slip by, this would be like saying during the industrial revolution. Nah, we can get by with feudalism. What Labor is offering in this election is the biggest program since reconstruction. Except of course Scott Morrison's crocodile farm proposal where Steve Owen would have loved it. What's being offered to us is essentially combining the best of the 40s, the 80s, and the best of the 21st century all into one. As green tech has
• 09:00 - 09:30 enabled our nation's comparative advantage to once again fall back into highpaying factory jobs because this time their product won't be [ __ ] socks. their product will be. How much more exciting is this? Decarbonizing the planet. That's Labour's vision. One where Australia becomes a good Saudi Arabia where we'll get rich off of saving the planet. It will raise the living standards of the working class. It will give our investment class the inside track to invest in incredible wealth generating green industries instead of what they currently seem to invest in, which is more [ __ ] holy molies. That will lead to other green industries being invented right here in
• 09:30 - 10:00 Australia, cementing us as a world leader in the inevitable green global economy. That's the future Labour wants to build. That's the future only Labor envisioned. While the rest of the so-called independents and minor parties are so [ __ ] backwards that they're still stuck in the 70s with their vote siphoning mirages of oh the major parties won't tax our resources like Norway. It's too long to explain why here. But watch this video. It's sort of part one to this. But in short, the why don't we tax our resources like Norway line is a scam pushed by a scam think
• 10:00 - 10:30 tank to con the youth of Australia into voting for independence and want to cut your wages. They know full well it doesn't work. We have a hundredy year long history of it not working. Mining companies just rolled Queensland labor for trying it just last year. It sounds good. That catchphrase makes me feel nice and that's all that matters when you're an independent or a green. Who can come up with the best false advertising? Why be truthful when you can sell an impossible utopia? You'll never have to deliver on it. Go ham. Unlike the Australia Institute's well-arketed con, however, Labour's
• 10:30 - 11:00 admittedly poorly marketed plan is the sneaky judo way to get rich off our resources because our mining industry will be selling our resources to us instead of China that we will then be turning into things that are worth more than rocks and selling those things to China instead of buying them from China. This is the 4D chess way to get rich off our minerals. Why? because long-term it will create another economic engine that will rival the mining industry so that we're nowhere near as dependent on the mining industry and therefore its influence is diluted. On top of that though, it's just a bigger, bolder, far
• 11:00 - 11:30 more exciting vision of Australia than the Australia Institute's dumb Neanderthal solution to [ __ ] everything which is tax. Really? That's all your ideas for government? One [ __ ] thing. No. Me have second idea. Me get crossbench to block important [ __ ] so they get media attention at the expense of getting important thing done and more support. two ideas. They're the shake and baker think tanks. Anytime I explain future made in Australia, people always wonder, "Why haven't I heard of this?" Well, I'll do you one better and show you. Watch this. Watch Anthony Abzy
• 11:30 - 12:00 try to explain the grand plan that is future made in Australia. These are the types of questions he gets in return. Prime Minister, just finally on another topic, uh what do you think about a a three match suspension for a homophobic slur? We've been talking about it quite a bit on the program this morning. A lot of people pretty disappointed about what we're still seeing on the field in the AFL. PM uh in Queensland, Labour has lost seats at the last federal election, the Queensland bi-elections, and lost the Brisbane City Council elections. Who
• 12:00 - 12:30 do you think's going Labor in Queensland or the South Sydney Rabbidos? They can't mentally grasp it. This is an idea so exciting that everyone from Greens to One Nation voters should be on board. We would have a rare national consensus. Everyone wins. Workers, investors, even [ __ ] mining magnates. This opens up a massive market for them. Unfortunately, the propaganda models reached Zenith. This is way better than traded journalists to ask misleading questions. You just hire people that are too stupid
• 12:30 - 13:00 to understand the answers. Meanwhile, the supposed intelligencia of this country, like this testicle suffering through menopause, Bernard Keane, winging like the rest of the winge merchants for years with their winge merchant catch cry. Neoliberalism. Australia not manufacturing its own Hello Kitty merchandise is neoliberalism. Labor announces future made in Australia. Even these pricks who try and jam the square peg of neoliberalism into every [ __ ] hole. Definitely won't fit this one. Nothing remotely neoliberal about bringing back a manufacturing base. So he resorts to
• 13:00 - 13:30 manufacturing employs more men than women. So um it's sexist. The Australia Institute, same problem. Hard to argue that creating a national supply chain is neoliberalism. And so they move to the nebulous winging of how's this line? What a [ __ ] pler. We cannot assume that all breaks with neoliberalism are necessarily progressive. What trying to shed doubt on the fact that increased state involvement in economic development will benefit workers, the climate or global peace. Like seriously, is this even worth retorting? These are the thinkers in this country using their ostensibly mighty brains to come up with
• 13:30 - 14:00 ways to cast out on something designed to do exactly all of that with no evidence it won't purely because that's the closest thing we do to thinking in this country complaining. I've come to realize this is the biggest problem facing Australia. Even the shadowy mining elite who I used to think, "Oh, at least I've got its grand evil plan. I'm sure it's at least intelligent." No. As we saw when we took you behind closed doors of the Council of Doom, it's just a bunch of fat, magga, bogan Twitter addicts who are too enamored by Elon Musk's spury attempts at charisma that
• 14:00 - 14:30 they can't even think in their own long-term interests anymore. They're spending their wealth trying to topple a government that is offering them a massive opportunity on a platter. Here, pigs, come on. Oink, oink, oink. Here's a brand new trough to gorge on an entire new market just for you. No, we want to sacrifice all of that because what has happened to this 29 billion gas project when the minister later stated she wouldn't delay the project to protect a dangerous gray sea snake. A snake capable of killing us. That's what they're concerned about. The eye at the
• 14:30 - 15:00 top of the pyramid. What keeps her up at night is that Labour won't let it kill off a reptile. What the [ __ ] is wrong with this place? We are sleepwalking away from yet another revolutionary opportunity like Bill Shorton's EV plan. This is that on steroids, but nap in the bin. Why? Because we're dumb. We're really, really dumb. I'd like to say that we're suffering from brain drain, but this nation never had a brain to drain. So far, the only person that I've seen that even gets what this is, Peter Dutton. He's not an idiot. He
• 15:00 - 15:30 understands perfectly well what Labor's doing here. They are trying to educate the working class and organizing them because factory jobs are union jobs. Manufacturing is a highly unionized sector. And for that one reason, Dutton wants it dead. He admitted as much at the Mining Elite Christmas party. And if the Liberals kill that, you know what that leads to? A future not made in Australia. Christ, imagine how unpopular that would be as a slogan. A future where instead of being at the forefront of developing these critical worlds saving technologies, we're stuck buying
• 15:30 - 16:00 them from China for another century. No economic justification for it this time. Purely just to own the union tards. And for that self-serving satisfaction, the Liberals are perfectly happy to make this nation's future way bleeer, way poorer. Like to give you a taste of what they're willing to sacrifice. Labour's currently putting in billions of dollars into the green metal industry. And no, I don't mean Australia's famous stone and metal scene. Although I do think it would be an comparative advantage to invest in that buds for the bud over the legalized party. Metal smelting that
• 16:00 - 16:30 doesn't require emitting CO2 and noxious gases into the environment. It's already underway. South Australian government now owns the WA steel works after its previous owner went bust. They're upgrading the steel works to use an electric arc furnace that would get its energy from zero emission sources. Now, that is still developing technology, but that's the entire point of future made in Australia. These technologies are not science fiction. They are in development. Someone will develop them to an industrial scale and whoever does to the spoils go hey. Adelaide got a big leg up on that one with the billion
• 16:30 - 17:00 dollar green iron investment fund. That's a part of future made in Australia. If the Liberals get in, future not made in Australia, that technology gets developed somewhere else. I'm going to guess Chad. Separate related, the Western Australian Labor government will build a brand new iron smelter in Quinana Perth, which will use a special process called Neosmelt developed by mining companies to turn lowquality iron ore from the Pilra into molten iron, which can then be used to make steel. How intelligent is that? Rather than wage war with the resources lobby, which we've tried and failed to
• 17:00 - 17:30 do many, many times over, why don't we just become business partners with them? Let's develop technology like that with our money, tie it into theirs, so we get a stake in our own resources instead of falling for the idiot vote grab of let's tax some mining companies. Oh, the government got couped. Let's tax the mining companies. The government got coup. Plenty of other ways governments can get revenue than tax. or the equally stupid vote grab from the common sense crowd of remember the good old days when we used to make our own seat belt fasteners. Let's do it again. No
• 17:30 - 18:00 boomers, stop looking into the past. We have got to look into the future. Crocodile Done D4. Pauline Hans's plan is Crocodile Done D3. We tried it. It failed. Time for a cyberpunk reboot featuring easily the best of the Hemsworth brothers, Luke Hemsworth. Wait, there's a there's a third Hemsworth. Yes, just like crocodile done D3. Just because you don't know it exists doesn't mean that it doesn't. That's exactly like Future Made in Australia. This is not a pie in the sky promise thing. This is being implemented
• 18:00 - 18:30 right now. If it is given a few years to take root, it will be impossible to unimplement because you're tying too much private and public capital together to unscramble the egg. That's why the Liberals want to unscramble it. Now, what I just shared with you are just a couple of quick examples of what future made in Australia will develop. Technologies that will make us vastly richer. And what's truly tragic is it wouldn't just be the lost opportunities of what I just shared with you. The lost opportunities are way bigger than we originally thought. Thanks to Donald
• 18:30 - 19:00 Trump, the greatest American president Australia ever had. He was right when he said, "You're going to be so proud of your country if I get in. You're going to be so proud of your president, and I don't care about that. But you are going to be so proud of your country because we're going to turn it around and we're going to start winning again. We're going to win so much. We're going to win at every level. We're going to win economically. We're going to win with the economy. We're going to win with military. We're going to win with healthcare and for our veterans. We're
• 19:00 - 19:30 going to win with every single facet. We're going to win so much you may even get tired of winning. And you'll say, "Please, please. It's too much winning. We can't take it anymore, Mr. President. It's too much. And I'll say, "No, it isn't. We have to keep winning. We have to win more. We're going to win more." I think he was talking about us. I want to get the green card just so I can go vote for him in his hypothetical third term. I mean, his acronym was right. He's
• 19:30 - 20:00 making Australia great again because under Biden, America was our biggest hypothetical competitor for the green tech future. Just slapped a trillion dollars on the table. That attracted trillions in investment. I was thinking, "Oh, damn. Comparatively, this ain't our comparative advantage no more." Then Trump comes in, offers a fantastic deal, guts the [ __ ] out of the green tech investment. Then I was thinking, huh, well, I guess if Fiji goes underwater, they can't revert to cannibalism. But then I was listening to an interview in
• 20:00 - 20:30 the car. Can't remember who it was. I think it was Richard Balls. Basically, they were asking, "Are you scared about Trump reversing the climate change efforts?" And he said, "Fuck no." That's what he said. I definitely remember Richard Miles swearing on air. I have a photographic memory. But then the interviewer said, "Why?" And he said, "Because Trump just freed up trillions of dollars of investment into green tech. It was going to the United States. Not anymore. That money has to go
• 20:30 - 21:00 somewhere. And under Labor, Australia is open for business. So even comparatively to where we were, it's even more in our comparative advantage to go full throttle into this because as a recap, Future Made in Australia is primarily focused on trying to implement renewable hydrogen, critical minerals processing, green metals, lowcarbon liquid fuels, clean energy manufacturing. So that's batteries and solar panel supply chains. That's exactly what the trillions of dollars of private investment that Donald Trump snubbed was looking to
• 21:00 - 21:30 develop. I tell you, I believe it. We are the lucky country. Once again, our stars have aligned and the only obstacle in our way for heading towards that sweet southern cross is ourselves. Remember what I said in part one. Losers fight battles that are already lost. Winners look for new battlegrounds. Losers believe in the simplistic jingoistic chance of the crossbench orchestrated by their maestro. Winners gaze upon the new grounds emerging in front of us and think, "My word, what fertile grounds they are. Labor first, liberals last. Take that to the polls
• 21:30 - 22:00 with you. And let's make Dutton opposition leader again. Yes, we're still selling this ship. No. If you order it now, you won't get one before the election. Still get one anyway. Made in China.