Just my opinion, but the goverment have alot to answer for. Firstly taxes, they should tax the import cars more or reduce taxes on the holdens and fords to make them more competitive, secondly, its like the water tank thing, when we had the massive drought's a few years ago, made everyone building a new house install one told us all to buy one use less water, so we all do this suddenly they are making no money of us because we have made ourselves just about self suffient with our tanks, so they up water prices and then try to tax us on the water that falls from the sky for free into our tanks of our roofs. Now because of the carbon tax electricity prices are ridiculous so people have forked out money to get solar just like the goverment wanted us to and now their going to tax people who have put solar on because the electricity companies are losing profits so intern the goverment get less taxes. Seriously where is it all going to stop we can only afford so much, our employers cant afford to pay us more because of the same problems as above, and business in Australia at the moment is struggling,its slow everywhere, hence Ford closing. This goverment has killed this country and in my opinion September is to far away to get rid of them,the damage they will have done by then will take the next goverment years to fix,take a look at Queensland for example, everyone is up Newman, they forget that they had a different goverment for donkey's years before and that they left Queensland in a massive debt hole. Australia is in massive trouble industry wise, and while I would like to believe that the whole country does not totally rely on the mines the sad fact is that it now does, and right now with the taxes the way they are ( carbon tax e.t.c ) if the goverment does not change hence getting rid if these taxes the mines will look to try to move as much offshore as possible aswell. One thing is for sure just like the water prices haven't gone down now that we have heaps, which people would then use more, I can bet you the electricity prices will not go back down to normal levels one the tax is removed. Goverment needs to step in on big business's like these two and banks and try to make them be more senseable about their decisions to hold onto or raise high prices and not give the rate cuts like the reserve bank has. Anyway that's my rant done. Very sad news about Ford my Father god rest his soul would be devestated,as am I. Unfortunately I believe this is only the beginning.