As nice as nostalgia is we cant go back and there are now a few generations of well trained, dedicated consumers that will determine our future. We are now an economy not in a society locked in a battle with the rest of the globe for economic survival. Unfortunately a lot of our GDP relies on generating waste. And GDP is what counts to our pollies.
Personally I dont miss the sixties, being the only wog kid in an anglo school when the white Awstraylya policy was unravelling had its moments.