One of the chief reasons why jobs are moving offsure is increasing business profit, more than customers refusing to pay inflated prices. This is standard business practice for all major Australian businesses including Woolworths, Coles and the major four banks.
The example of the current price war between Coles and Woolworths is indicative of the length either will go to win the price battles being raged. Farmers are the real loser in this conflict.
The rot is deeper than that however, customer and after sales service is almost non existant now. Sales staff are rude, not interested, non existant or simply do not know their products most times. Little wonder customers look elsewhere.
BTW, during the dark days of WW2, the UK had left almost all their military equipment on the beaches and fields of Dunkirk. Lend-Lease with the USA enabled rapid re-equipping of the British army. If the Germans had actually invaded during 1940, the army would be facing them with little artillery and virtually no armour. But that is a subject for another day.
There is a fair price somewhere, but until that becomes a reality, Australians will pay far more for items that cost far less elsewhere.