Albanese invokes 'Team Australia' in pitch to buy local after Trump tariffs
The PM suggests Australians should buy local goods instead of American ones ahead of a federal budget expected to have an "Australian-made" theme.
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buy local? your kidding we dont actually MAKE anything here.
It doesn't have to be "buy local", per se, it just has to be "buy non-US". But there are few tangible things I actually buy from the US. I don't mind stuff from the EU, it's a little pricey due to our exchange rate, but for the things I buy it's generally OK.
There are heaps of services that are bought from the US though - just about every streaming service, Google/Apple, Starlink, and so on. Those can fuck right off , if possible. Sometimes that's not practical (eg google/apple's ecosystem), but at least have a look for alternatives.
We do it's just more "boutique"
There are still people making clothes but they usually only do small orders. There are still people making doors and windows, greengrocers and butchers still exist. It is a little more pricey but if we all shifted to locally made and owned then a lot of necessary manufacturing would move back to Australia.
They can continue making the garbage I don't need and don't buy overseas.