And it is all fine to say the Government should create new industries and/or opportunities, but just maybe, no one wants to work in them.

Look at the big picture - our world is evolving - people are leaving the hard lifestyle that life on the land offers and heading to the city for the more dependable jobs - jobs that a freak hailstorm or drought don't wipe out overnight after months and years of cultivation that sees all of their hard work simply wasted.

Life on the land (especially in the outback) is too hard and there are more and better opportunities emerging. Maybe not in time for this generation, but would you steer your child into one of the hardest industries to master when you knew there were options out there that have a better chance of securing them a dependable future?

Australia grew up on the sheep's back, but Australians simply don't want to ride the sheep any more. (generally speaking)