In the lead up to the last election (May 2019), Scott Morrison (now P.M.) promised to restart/revive the Australian Made initiative which will promote Australian products and help our economy.
This pledge caught my attention because some months prior, when in Coles, I checked the back of some apple juice bottles (not just the Coles brand), to find the ubiquitous ‘Packed in Australia’ with at least (variable) % of Australian produce. The %’s of Australian content were not high, the balance was attributed to imported goods.
Being apple juice I immediately thought of Tasmania, The Apple Isle. Why do we have to import apple juice? After some online research, I found that the Apple Isle has had problems with the industry for several years and therefore importing products was necessary. As of recently, it looks as though their apple industry is on the up.
For those not familiar with the Apple Isle just have a good look at a map of Tassie, or a map of Australia showing Tasmania down below, across the water from Victoria.
A juicy red apple.
There are a lot of other products displaying the same sort of Australian content. I hope in the near future to see Tassie apples back in the market and other Australian products being promoted. It has to be good for our economy.
Words for today; Australian Made – Tasmania the Apple Isle
More to come; same blog time, same blog channel
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I would hope that post covid-19, Australia at least will vary its imports and not look to China for everything. I’d also hope we bring back Aussie industries. Do you remember that slogan, maybe 20 years ago – ‘Buy Australian, give a kid a job’? Let’s resuscitate that.
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By: marymtf on April 2, 2020
at 7:14 pm
I’ve never forgotten it. What worries me now is that Australian Made and Made in Australia look to be a play on words. Goods may very well be made here etc but if the company is foreign owned, eg China, most of the benefit will go out of our country along with our resources. As you said, bring back Aussie industries and stop China etc from owning this country.
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By: Bruce on April 6, 2020
at 5:37 pm
One by one our industries went off shore telling us that they couldn’t compete with countries that underpaid their workers. They should be prepared to pay workers 1st world wages and we are all going to have to support our industries and buy Australian.
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By: marymtf on April 6, 2020
at 7:41 pm
No argument there Mary.
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By: Bruce on April 6, 2020
at 9:17 pm