Australia: A Country Without Workers | ARTE.tv Documentary

Once a proud symbol of the nation the Australian car manufacturer Holden has now closed all its factories in Australia, part of a wave of closures and delocalisation which now threaten the country’s manufacturing base.


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[Alex-przv]

The guy at the end hit the nail on the head. Aussies weren't buying Holdens and weren't supporting their own industry.

[johnmorris]

I do not understand the video title " A Country Without Workers"? This story is about a foreign owned company that closed its Australian subsidiary for econmic reasons not about a shortage of workers.

[victorsvoice]

Holden was subsidised by the Australian taxpayer. The cars were overpriced. The wages were too high because of the unions. This meant that they were uncompetitive with cheaper imports from Asia.

[engineeranonymous]

What this video is trying to tell - in a French way - is Australia is losing it's manufacturing industry. They are using Holden as an example since car industry is a milestone in manufacturing. In Australia's 2006 census, 10.7 per cent were employed in manufacturing. The number fell to 6.2 per cent in 2021. Most rise seen in Mining jobs by 40, 000 between 2006 and 2021 which is showing you are selling commodity so that you can buy some else's product which is sad for any country.

[shanesuridge]

I was on the opposite side I was a Holden fan but I got a job at Ford motor company Australia Broadmeadows started back in 1985 working in the plastics plant working on the plastic injection moulding machines as a die setter operator then in 1990 I transferred down to Fords operations down in Geelong Victoria work there mainly as a CNC machine setter and operator l have done other multiple tasks Jobs as well as working in press shop as a die setter operator and casting plant casting front and rear disc brakes and BARA engine blocks l took the package around about 2010 did my 25 years service 5 years Broadmeadows 20 years Geelong fond memories I have learnt multiple skills that the newer generations will never have that opportunity what the car industry can give you

[gerryhouska]

There are many workers, many unemployed, many working several part time jobs, and all because of greedy employers who prefer to move manufacturing to countries with the cheapest (often prison) labour and governments which will not invest in manufacturing rather than subsidising fossil fuel companies - coal and gas.

[tonybmusic]

I actually bought the American version of the car, a Pontiac GTO. Bob Lutz was the GM exec who took the Holden Monaro, stuck the steering wheel on the other side and marketed it in the US as a GTO. It’s a great car, in my opinion, very well made. I bought mine second hand and love it….but I don’t think it really caught on in America. It’s also kind of ironic that at the time American carmakers were begging for bailouts in the US, GM was building 12 factories in China. The Buick badge was doing pretty well in China. So, maybe Aussies now know what Detroit went through.

[dabig_guy]

Manufacturing was the stepping stone to a better for a middle class in the West

[peterkorek-mvrs]

As a schoolboy I learned a simple sentence: Developed country - produces industrial goods. Underdeveloped country - produces raw materials energy sources agriculture goods. And OF COURSE tourism. It's VERY EASY to slide to the third world level. The opposite move is diffiicult

[rushdiahmad]

Well, to be honest in Thailand blue collar workers who work in Honda factory there couldn't afford this model, same thing happened in Malaysia regular Honda employees couldn't afford basic Honda Civic just count yourself lucky Australian

[AnthonyGriz]

Australia signed on to the UN's Lima Declaration and every successive government has done what it can to reduce manufacturing by making imports from lower income countries, far more enticing to the masses. Hence why more and more people purchased the lower-priced imports, just as in every manufacturing sector. This achieves the desires of the Lima Declaration.

[HenryKing]

China now owns 90% of Australia Manufactures and Exports, and will probably own 100% in the next decade😂😂😂

[Ozvideo]

The title is very misleading. Actually, it's clickbait. It should read, Australia: A country without a car industry. But of course that is not unusual, for a country with a population of 25 million to not have a car industry, is it?

[brettymike]

@10:24 - "what the future holds"...."You will own Nothing and be Happy". That is what they want. It is up to the people to Stop them.

[maggotman]

It seems Mr Getgood is the only beneficiary of the Holden transition process.

[BobQuigley]

Population of Australia a landmass about ths size of USA is around the same population of the state of Florida. US population is 333 million Australia 26 million. Again for size comparisons there are many cities around the world with more people than Australia. It seems that the former UK colonies are in same boat as the UK itself. Stuck in the past. Fearing immigration. Joining military alliances that are destabilizing the greater world of 8 billion precious humans. Disturbing that so many people of European descent cannot shake off old hatreds and fears. Foolishly spending hugesums of money on weapons including the idiotic nuclear submarines of the most dangerous nation on earth today the USA. We must have PEACE if there's any hope of addressing the man made catastrophes growing exponentially as we spew 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases pollution into our globally shared atmosphere annually. It seems Aussies have already forgotten 3 billion dead animals, millions of acres destroyed, unprecedented flooding. What a sad state humanity has mindlessly built over last century. We learned NOTHING from the bloodiest century in history as we start more wars. As we collectively spend $7.5 trillion annually on wars and militarism.

[oberstleutnant]

Holden and Crysler were basically junk piece of motor engineering, Ford Falcon fared a bit better. Aussie cars were over-priced and with mediocre quality. They were no match to imported Japanese cars which offered better value for money.

[AussiePom]

So it's a Holden Australia story as if Toyota Australia and Ford Australia didn't even exist. Yet here we are in 2024 and Holden have well and truly gone and yet Ford is still here with dealerships as are Toyota. Oh yes Holden the great Australian car for Ford and Toyota were just American and Japanese companies that made cars here but Holden was all Even at the end Ford used more Australian made content in their cars than Holden did, but Holden was the only great Australian car as it's bogan wankers (fans) scream Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi in their jingoistic patriotic way. Dear god!.

[betterpoliticsquetu]

the world doesnt need more cars
how about the gov investing in public transportation to cut down on pollution