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the country into the global marketplace and created the standard of living that we enjoy today.

This is not to say that we need no manufacturing base at all.

It is essential that we have a flexible manufacturing capacity that cushions us against international fluctuations in trade flows and that can be adapted to meet essential needs, if normal supplies are cut off.

Our present system has been allowed to slip below that level, as was amply demonstrated during the pandemic.

Even now, there is one widely used life-saving drug essentially unavailable in Australia, because we did not secure our imported supplies on a long-term basis and made no provision for an alternative local capability.

We should look on the manufacturing sector as a sort of basic insurance policy that we can call on in a crisis: it will never compete with the industrial leaders of the world, but we have to maintain it just enough to get us over whatever rough patches we encounter. in Art exhibition was held at Gosford Regional Gallery.

Almost everyone in Australia is now working in a service industry.

Unless we plan to grow our population to create a viable market (and it is notable that those most vocal about establishing industries in Australia are usually the same ones who are against a “big” Australia), manufacturing can never make up more than a small percentage of our employment profile.

The important thing is to be selectiveaboutthemanufacturing we do encourage – probably fabricating submarines is not the way to go to a sustainable future.

Her father Jonas died suddenly in 1943, and her life was further disrupted in 1944 with the Russian occupation of Hungary.

Aged just 14, Susan escaped with her mother Elizabeth to her mother’s family in Ravensburg, Germany, until the end of WWII.

They then migrated to England where Susan trained as a nurse and met her future husband, Harvey.

As a young couple with their firstborn, Chris, they travelled to Fiji where Harvey worked as a doctor.

Their children Mark and Andrea were born there.

After returning to England, the family migrated to Australia in 1960 as 10-pound Poms. Their fourth child Simon was born and the family settled permanently on the Central Coast.

Susan and Harvey travelled far and wide overseas, and toured Australia in Trusty, their Toyota van, long before the Grey Nomad was a thing.

Susan was a highly regarded community nurse for many years.

An avid reader, her passions included painting, cooking, travel, camping, music and theatre.

She had a full and varied life until she died peacefully in her sleep at home in Bateau Bay on March 17, 2023.

She is survived by her four children, six grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Susan’s memorial service and burial will be held on Friday, March 31, at Lake Macquarie Memorial Park at 1pm (details on their website), followed by a wake at Toronto Yacht Club.

Source: Media release, Mar 22

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