Calls for "Australian Made" Products

Sadly , l'd be thinking this is all gonna speed up the fading out of so much and into online now , by about 10yrs.
Shops and things are pretty sad to l reckon we've already lost so much of it to online but so many of them will be setting up online now ahead of time and so later , you would think it'd be ohwell , we're there now why go back.

 

I cut and pasted this which I think you might be referring too.

A FEW ICONIC AUSTRALIAN BRANDS OWNED BY FOREIGN COMPANY’S.

ARNOTTS BISCUITS= KKR USA
VB AND CARTLON =ABinBEV BELGIUM
XXXXBEER TOOHEY AN HANH= KIRIN JAPAN
DVID JONES= WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS South Africa
VEGEMITE= KRAFTS USA
OPTUS=SINGTEL SINGAPORE
HUNGRY JACKS= USA
TOLLS= JAPAN
SPEEDOS= Pentland Group UK
RM WILLIAMS= L CAPITALS ASIA
BILLABONG = USA
UNCLE TOBYS= USA

AND NOT TO MENTIONS THE LANDS, MINING, ENERGIES, FISHERIES , FARM AND PROPERTIES.

 

People started buying online, and this crisis just speeding it up I reckon. Old folks still love to do their banking in branches - the banks don't like it because it costs so much to maintain the branch network. The banks want to be able to close more branches and not need so many people in branches, but it's just the older folk that's stopping that from happening quickly!

I like that this crisis should change some bosses mindsets that work needs to be always done from an office location though.

And it highlights that mental health is really important and being active should be on everybody's minds. And people need to watch out and care for each other.

Oh, and the new found appreciation people have for nurses, doctors, supermarket workers, teachers... these are positives.

I consider us really lucky to be in Australia, as Europe and the US have way worse COVID-19 infection rates.

Hopefully our winter will be kind, but only time will tell.

 

Yep fully agree with the op , l'm basically embarrassed even being Australian these days and one reason is we can't even make or build anything here really. We don't even have a car never have had.
There's really nothing Australian .
And from what l can tell even the few things that are suppose to be made here half of it's actually made in China anyway ,
And all this oh go technology rubbish , the main reason they push that so much to my mind is because it costs nothing compared to actually building something, but we can't build anything here so they're trying to move the place into that stuff just so we can at least pretend to be good for something.

 

Vegemite is owned by Bega since 2017. Makes me a happy little vegemite againBringing Vegemite home to Australia @Barny @random

 

ls it , ahh fantastic but huh , wonder who really owns Bega , hopefully it's Bega

 

Yeah , l remember seeing most of those, l just don't get it and RM Williams , are they serious , see what l mean.
l don't think we even own ugg boots anymore either.

 

Yes Bega Cheese - Wikipedia. A good news story.

 

Yeah l do to covid wise bloody oath , we're doing great with this l think.
l also really love that more and more Aussies are finally talking about being good to each other and looking out for each other. For far too long now it's just been a money a materialistic mentality , no soul, depth , or caring about anything or anyone. The fires and covid have at least made some changes , loooonnggg way to go though .

 

Of course the banks want everyone outa there , just more human and quality over greed going down the toilet.
Banks here will end up some tiny dog box hole in the wall with one person sitting in it running the show if they have their way. A head'll pop out of the atm or somem - what do you bloody want get back on line.

 

I see it regardless of who owns it, as long as jobs are here in Australia paying tax and those employees are spending money here in Australia . And if Australians are so upset about foreign ownership then step up and start a business, they have the same opportunity. Also how many Australians travel to Bali and Thailand and spend there cash there, or buy things online from china because it's cheaper, I bet all have.

I do think after this many people will try and support Australian owned, yet you are limited. You can't buy an iPhone or Samsung that's Australian made, or a car.

 

l don't know why no one Australians buy them or others, that's what l don't understand.
And of course it matters who owns our stuff, like l said there's no pride anymore. lt also shows that really the economy is fake because no one can afford to do anything here, but then it's been that way since Howard.
They're saying the US recovery is much the same, all fake and just built on debt people are more in debt than ever before , sounds a lot like Howards . Heard it'll collapse in a heart beat like it did last time for all the same reasons. At least Trump brought manufacturing back though.
l blame our soulless robot governments for most of it , everything they do destroys anything Australian
But the one thing l would say , think at least they're doing a good job with the virus over all, tough stuff no ones gonna get it all right but l think we've done really well here, just following nz though really but eh , we won't tell anyone.

 

One reason l've never purposely bought Australian just to support it is because it's usually too damn dear, again back to we can't build anything here. lnstead of govs asking people to buy Australian they should stop ripping everyone off so much so that we can actually make stuff be proud of it and be able to afford it. You don't have to talk anyone into buying other countries stuff they build it and make it affordable to their own people.

 

There is a worse thing we do. Have an open water market, and let foreign state owned enterprizes (china) with endless funds at almost zero interest rate buy water, so they can presrve their own water, while efficient australian farmers cant buy it at a feasible price. Also allowing corrupt chinese to run flight training schools from airfields built as last line strategic Australian defense, most people wouldnt know where they are but the chinese do. Training hundreds of pilots every 7 months. apparently the air is too polluted in China for pilots to see.

 

Oh God , more China , l just don't get it. Surely someone pressures the Government to answer to this stuff, why do they do it, l think we're a joke to China actually, just a push over.
Just in my area Great Ocean rd'ish , Vic sth/w , they sold dozens of biggest dairy farms in vic sth/w. to China buyers , the best dairy farming land in the state, just sold it . Then there a write up in one of the papers about how great it was.
Well guess what , they fly in all their own workers, supply their own food, even their own education for the kids anddddd , they fly all the milk they produce, back to China.
Sooooo, now there's China owning huge chunks of the best land in Vic , andddd, Australia gets nothing, nothing ! About all l can work out that they got out of selling their soul, is the stamp duty , which they would've got from any sale to anyone , anyway, it didn't have to be to China. And maybe some now very rich individual farmers.
Just why in Gods name would they do this stuff , what possible logic is there in any of it. ? No body even gets any money out of it , just the individual farmer selling the place.

Another thing l don't get not that l like to use the US , when talking about Australia , l think it's about time they stopped all that crap and moved away from trying to be a baby America and stood more like NZ , but in say the US , l've read anyone , from anywhere , can just stroll in buy a house or land or farms or motels or whatever they want, no nothing. Not sure if it's true but if it was then how is it a country wouldn't get problems with that.
l mean l'm not sure what the rules are here in Australia but l'm pretty sure there are at least some limitations or China would've bought the whole country by now.

 

Yea but at what point do we stop interfering with free markets? Someone's sold it because they've figured getting the sale proceeds is better than whatever money (if any) they were making running these supposedly great agricultural plots.

Take a look at China's takeover of Van Diemen's Company (Aus's biggest dairy farm). It's been a nightmare for the China company, they haven't made any money, and whoever sold it to them can probably buy it back off the Chinese for a pittance in the future?

Same with Virgin Airlines. The Chinese, Middle Easterns and Singaporeans are going to get massively burnt on this. Now the next player will pick up the planes from these foreign companies for below book value probably.

 

Thats right. In KMart, probably the home of Chinese junk, the prices are so cheap. Yesterday I saw a childs wetsuit for $10 and a wheel chair for about $200. Both those would cost ten times more if made in Oz. There is obvious financial benefits to Australians who need those products.

 

My rude globalisation shock was when I found out XXXX and Bundy Rum are overseas companies. Is nothing sacred!?

 

Government did use Ford and Holden as com cars , police and government cars up until their demise in 2017.

Re selection yes it is limited but I would say 80% of our weekely ship is local made.
At work we buy Reflex over imported paper. We also use local IT support instead of overseas even though it’s more expensive.

It starts with a few making active decisions and paying a bit more for industry to come back . Don’t give up

 

My rude globalisation shock was when I found out VirginBlue is not Australian-owned!