I'm no economist but only trying to join some dots, am I...
Q Why are ex-gov't vehicles these days consisting of Renaults, Peugeots, Hyundais as well as Fords, Camrys & Holdens?
Q If Renaults, Peugeots and Hyundais somehow get damaged, don't their replacement parts come from France and Korea?
Q Doesn't Australia have a parts industry for our Fords, Camrys and Holdens (not including Cruze-Daewoo)?
Q If Australian CommCars are Aussie made vehicles, then why can't other state gov't and local gov't vehicles be Aussie made too?
Q Extrapolating, why can't all vehicles be Aussie made when the purchasing officers of the following departments do their sums?
* Prisons
* Health workers
* Hospitals
* Pathology
* RTA/RMS
* Buses (now there's a new market)
* Trains (another new market)
* RailCorp
* Councils
* Police
* Judiciary
* Dept of Secondary and Primary Education
* Universities
etc etc etc
Q Am I on the right page here?