What is Scott going to do

[martinw-48]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-26/scott-morrison-us-trump-xi-china-trade-war-damage/11246486?pf...

Maybe he could try wearing different baseball caps until the problem is solved.
It won him the election.
Surely it can fix any problem

[debra9275]

I always knew he would blame our poor economy on China,....instead of poor economic management, stagnant wages and penalty rate cuts and general lack of full time work for people

[myoclon1cjerk]

He's mentioned overhauling industrial relations which to me signals an intention to kick those workers who elected him in the head and attack the union movement.

[debra9275]

even plastic bags have been blamed for the low spending

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/economy-falls-through-our-shopping-bags/news-story/c9fcea40c...

Australian businesses have warned Treasury that bans on plastic bags are contributing to the weakening economy as shoppers are unable to carry large amounts of groceries to their car or home, confidential briefings reveal.

“Several firms suggested that the introduction of a ban on plastic bags meant customers reduced their consumption to an amount that they could instead carry, and delayed purchases of heavier groceries,” notes the report, sent from Treasury economist Angelia Grant to Josh Frydenberg and his assistant ministers on April 2.

( that article is probably paywalled)

[enigmabear]

Of course the little plastic addicts are going to clutch at such horse hockey

Funnily enough, I have not owned a car in over 20 years, have been using cloth bags just as long and in all that time only once have I ever dropped an item because of it. If I can't carry everyting in one trip, I make more than one trip

I wonder what is wrong with loading 'green bags' into the supermarket trolly to take it all the way from the shop door to the car park

And no I don't believe for a single moment there are all these hundreds upond hundreds of people who genuinely do have huge issues 'managing' because the freaking bags are not made of plastic

[myoclon1cjerk]

If only Roosevelt had've known this. All he would've had to do is open a plastic bag factory and the depression would've been over in weeks.

[enigmabear]

The plastic bag factory must have hit a snag, resulting in the recession we had to have

It's all so clear now (no pun intended) 

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@debra9275 wrote:

even plastic bags have been blamed for the low spending

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/economy-falls-through-our-shopping-bags/news-story/c9fcea40c...

Australian businesses have warned Treasury that bans on plastic bags are contributing to the weakening economy as shoppers are unable to carry large amounts of groceries to their car or home, confidential briefings reveal.

“Several firms suggested that the introduction of a ban on plastic bags meant customers reduced their consumption to an amount that they could instead carry, and delayed purchases of heavier groceries,” notes the report, sent from Treasury economist Angelia Grant to Josh Frydenberg and his assistant ministers on April 2.

( that article is probably paywalled)

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I wonder if reduced spending because of no plastic bags is such a bad thing?

We often see stories on TV about food wastage, and if people are buying less food because they only buy what they can carry then it would follow that they are wasting less food.  I would think that shoppers would choose to buy essential items such as bread, milk, butter etc. before they would buy the bulky box of 20 chip varieties, 3 litre soft drinks or too many vegies.

The flaw in my thinking is that shoppers can simply take a shopping trolley to their car, which allows them to buy those non-essential items and just throw them in the boot.

[martinw-48]

Myoclon, sounds like a rerun of work (no) choices.
That'll make that little git Howard happy

[chameleon54]

Its very easy to take cheap, uninformed pot shots and blame everything on the LNP, but the trade war is having a genuine impact on Australian exporters and our balance of trade figures. I produce high end sheeps wool which is exported to fashion houses in Europe and Japan so have a genuine interest and personal financial stake in the impact of China / U.S relations.

We sold a line of wool a couple of weeks ago that topped the market in Australia for that week, so it was a genuine indicator of the impact of the trade war. It sold for around 10% less than earlier estimates by the auction house. The market as whole was similarly impacted with the falls directly correlating with and blamed on deteriating U.S / China relations. If this sort of impact is extrapolated across all Australian exports the impact will be signifigant.