Australian Made campaign is futile without affordable energy

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The Australian Made Campaign has welcomed additional funding of $20 million in last week’s federal budget.

Amongst other things, this funding will allow the organisation to launch a new campaign to encourage more Australians to buy locally made products, and assist more local manufacturers and producers to obtain Australian Made certification.

“This level of support for Australian Made is unprecedented, and we look forward to contributing to a strengthened Australian manufacturing sector that not only creates high-quality products but creates new jobs and economic activity”, said Australian Made Chief Executive Ben Lazzaro.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.