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In Australia we have many companies moving manufacturing offshore. Union wage claims, and their demands for decent conditions are blamed. However a main reason is to avoid our OHS legislation, and behave like GRUBS out of sight . Our wages are very high compared with those in the third world and a lot of union bashing is directed at reducing them. The simple fact is that we are never going to have a third world workforce, and in competing at the low end of the market we are playing their game, and must lose. The new Norton appears to be a quality product which justifies its expense. If we are to maintain our high wage structure, we should always try to move up market. There will always be people around who will pay for quality. One thing which works against Norton, is the lack of a level playing field on which its bikes can race against other brands using similar technology. The Norton brand is still based largely on the success of the fifties Manx Nortons.