Yep, on both of these posts. We're a lazy country generally, people don't want to take risks to start a company and do something great. They'd rather work a terrible job at a bank or telco or something, earn enough to pay off the house by the time they're 65, then retire having done nothing with their life. This despite having a super-comfortable country with an amazing safety net if you do fail.
Its not people taking risks .
Its people taking risks here.
Because our government have not made it a favorable environment.
Example.
Drivetrain Systems INternational. Based in Albury.
Designer and manufacturer of second rate auto transmissions.
Their main customer Sanyong goes broke, they don't pay their bills. So DSI go broke.
Ok so far so good. But why the hell doesn't our pissweak goverment say that SANYONG are not allowed to sell one of their crap cars in australia until they pay back all their australian debts. Hell Holden kept General motors going with dodgy tranfer fee's. THere is a reason the last COmmodore was the most expensive ever.