I can't help but feel a lot of scepticism and cynicism on this topic

. That said, I too feel the same.
FTA - now thats a great 3 letter acronism. How the hell does our government think that we could even compete when the is no level playing field in the 1st place.
Just in the last 72 hrs Qantas is on the verge of scrapping its aircraft maintenance and shipping it to China or Indonesia. When is enough enough?