The Australian Government should not insulate the management of BHP from the wrath of the shareholders for making bad decisions lest they do not learn their lesson.
There is a need to understand the true relationship between unemployment to the tariff.
The report states that Australia's comparatively efficient agriculture is burdened with unnecessary regulation.
It is in Australia's interest that the agricultural industry propers while remaining efficient.
Australian agriculture suffers a considerable burden placed upon it by protected industries and trade unions and is under the mercy of international prices.
To prevent trade is to penalise both buyers and sellers.
The Closer Economic Relations (CER) with New Zealand will benefit Australia more as New Zealand has to adjust its trade barriers as compared to Australia.
Countries with small economies must trade with foreigners while citizens of large economies have a range of specialist skills that enable them to trade with each other.
Australia's trade is getting worse over the years.
An industry that depends on world markets cannot avoid change. By delaying just long enough, many who have neither learnt to swim or moved to a higher ground will drown.
Australia's trade barriers is costing Australian farmers on average $12,000 annually and is more than fuel taxes, capital gain tax and all other areas of rural complaints.
Workers that are in a protected industry must be prepared to accept modest wages that arise as a result of protectionism, if not, the economy will suffer, and riots will occur.
The most important lesson that we can learn is the export orientation for the most successful countries is high and even going to the extent of subsidising exports.
Free trade has always been in Australia's best interests. The Liberal's trade policy has called for Australia economy to be integrated internationally by the year 2000.
The National Farmers Federation (NFF) has made intellectual integrity a source of political power and has done much to improve the trading environment for Australia's exports.