The CCP didn’t realise they were on a loser taking on Australia. Our export economy has been based to commodities for 200 years the system here is used to finding new markets and adapting also critically almost no one is employed by these industries. With compulsory voting any protest vote is swamped.

As an aside I watch our premier current affairs show on our public broadcaster do a show on the effect of the CCP bans. The interesting thing it’s a centre left show (nothing wrong with that, the current government is centre right) which in other times would seek the whack the Australian Government over its handling of China relations, and.... nothing, the message was this is the new normal and buy lobster sandwich’s in essence.