Gina Reinhardt tried to tell our blinkered Federal Labor government that
with cheaper wages available overseas of around $2 per day and the increasing
costs of wages in Australia was threatening our competitiveness in both
Minerals exploration and Export income, but the Treasure Mr. Wayne Swan brushed
it off as being inconsequential last week. A serious issue swept under the
carpet by our Federal Treasurer proves he is living in the dark...head totally
in the sand OR a very good actor. Mr. Swan is ignoring that what is in the best
interests of Gina coincides with Australia’s best interests too. It’s called
EXPORT INCOME which earns us tax revenue. If China can get its iron ore from
African Mines where wages are 150 times cheaper than in Australia, then ALL
Australians need to worry even if the Treasurer has his blinkers on.
A classic example of what Apartment builders are now doing is in the following story... reading between the lines...a reader would realize that Lend Lease is IMPORTING the timber frames AND it will SAVE ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS & WAGES as it takes only several weeks rather than several years to build a ten storey apartment complex. The increased use of timber for housing must go against Greens Party policy, but more timber from forests will be needed and not all timbers will come from Certified sustainably managed forests into the future.
Paul
Howes said a blanket listing of the whole region on the National Heritage List
would bring forward the closure of mines at Rosebery and Savage River.
A classic example of what Apartment builders are now doing is in the following story... reading between the lines...a reader would realize that Lend Lease is IMPORTING the timber frames AND it will SAVE ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS & WAGES as it takes only several weeks rather than several years to build a ten storey apartment complex. The increased use of timber for housing must go against Greens Party policy, but more timber from forests will be needed and not all timbers will come from Certified sustainably managed forests into the future.
Forests
are a renewable resource and Lend Lease is building the tallest timber building
in the world. The building is constructed from cross-laminated timber, which
Lend Lease say has a structural strength similar to concrete and steel.
“Concrete and steel buildings are carbon intensive but timber, as well as being renewable, has the advantage of storing carbon. Timbers used are also sourced from certified sustainably managed forests,” says Lend Lease’s Murray Coleman.
“With the structure being built entirely from CLT, Forté will reduce CO2 equivalent emissions by more than 1,400 tones when compared to concrete and steel – the equivalent of removing 345 cars from our roads.”
A survey found that 67% of respondents said they would live in the 10 Storey timber apartments in Docklands. The question is now whether the timber will be sourced locally to maintain jobs locally for flow on jobs or are the Greens Party wanting to shut down more local industries so we will need to import more goods from China? And please remember readers...that anything we manufacture in Australia can also be manufactured much cheaper overseas...as Gina Reinhardt is trying to warn our blinkered government...so with this knowledge in mind, the only people in real jobs will be politicians and the public circuses which are helping foreign workers replace more local jobs. Who are our politicians really helping?
“Concrete and steel buildings are carbon intensive but timber, as well as being renewable, has the advantage of storing carbon. Timbers used are also sourced from certified sustainably managed forests,” says Lend Lease’s Murray Coleman.
“With the structure being built entirely from CLT, Forté will reduce CO2 equivalent emissions by more than 1,400 tones when compared to concrete and steel – the equivalent of removing 345 cars from our roads.”
A survey found that 67% of respondents said they would live in the 10 Storey timber apartments in Docklands. The question is now whether the timber will be sourced locally to maintain jobs locally for flow on jobs or are the Greens Party wanting to shut down more local industries so we will need to import more goods from China? And please remember readers...that anything we manufacture in Australia can also be manufactured much cheaper overseas...as Gina Reinhardt is trying to warn our blinkered government...so with this knowledge in mind, the only people in real jobs will be politicians and the public circuses which are helping foreign workers replace more local jobs. Who are our politicians really helping?
Has the penny finally dropped with One
Union has at long last starting to show concern for the potential loss of
current and future jobs in Tasmania forestry and Mining when National Secretary of The Australian
Workers' Union, Paul Howes, said on ABC last night that it
will be objecting to the proposal of the Greens coalition party member in
Tasmania to Heritage list more forests. Mr. Howes admitted that there would be
no jobs for the next generation of Tasmanians and they would have to move away
from Tasmania for work or otherwise be dependent on welfare if the Heritage
listing of the Tarkine Region.
"Mining
is a crucial part of the economy of North West Tasmania – a region that already
has an unemployment rate of 8.4 per cent, well above the national rate of 5.2
per cent.
"Destroying
the mining industry will lead to further economic and social disadvantage in
North West Tasmania."
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