日益增長的廉價進口服裝被指責是布里斯班（Brisbane）西部Dinmore的一家工廠關閉的原因。
      Yakka將會在下個月末關閉，結束其19年的服裝生產歷史，將會有32名員工失業。
在一份書面報告中，公司將持續的進口競爭列舉為這個決定的主要原因。
      紡織品、服裝和鞋業聯盟的州秘書杰克.莫雷爾（Jack Morel）說澳大利亞與中國的自由貿易協定正在破壞國內市場。
     “中國一名不熟練的工人的勞動力成本是60分一小時，那里一個熟練的車工是每小時1.45元而澳大利亞是15元，根本沒有辦法競爭，”他說。
      (引自澳大利亞廣播電臺官方網站，翻譯：Rainpoem)

                          Clothes factory blames closure on cheap imports
    Friday, September 16, 2005.
    Increasing quantities of cheap imported clothing are being blamed for the closure of a factory at Dinmore, west of Brisbane.
    Yakka will close its door late next month, ending 19 years of corporate clothing manufacturing and leaving 32 staff jobless.
    In a written statement the company has cited continuing import competition as the main reason for its decision.
     Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union state secretary Jack Morel says Australia s free trade agreement with China is destroying the domestic market.
     "The labour costs for an unskilled personnel in China is 60 cents an hour and for a skilled machinist over there it s $1.45 as against $15 in Australia and it just cannot compete," he said.