It’s official! Or so our newspapers tell us. The US and Australia are to start talks on so-called “free trade”. And the process is to be “fast tracked” – talks will begin within 90 days. When they will be concluded, and to what purpose, is another matter.Some of the commentators – especially those with a vested interested in the process more than the outcome, and who happen to be advising the Department of Foreign Affairs – are already flooding the media with extravagant and ill-founded claims a…
