$10 a week on Aussie-made fashion is all it takes to boost the economy by $5 billion
By Imogen Bailey | 24 May 2021
The Australian Made Campaign has launched its first ever Australian Made Week, encouraging Australians to buy just one extra Australian Made product a week.
The campaign comes as Roy Morgan research states that if every household spent an additional $10 a week on Australian Made products, it would inject an extra $5 billion into the economy each year and create up to 11,000 new jobs.
Australian Made chief executive Ben Lazzaro said the impact of buying local is felt throughout the supply chain. When you buy Australian Made, not only are you getting products made to some of the highest standards in the world, you create jobs, now and into the future, and support thousands of Australians throughout the supply chain.
The blonde stunner welcomed Sunny with her fiancé Josh Barker on February 25.
Working: In between taking pictures, the busy new mum cuddled up with her son, breastfeeding the little one on her break
Elyse captioned the sweet video: Little man s snack time!
And the new mother says that her son, Sunny, is just as much a blessing as his name implies. He s living up to his name; positive, happy and shiny, the model recently told The Herald Sun. He wakes up smiling, even at 4.30 in the morning, and he s ready to go for the day, she added.
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell.
When Kate Carnell reflects on her five years as Small Business Ombudsman, she says her proudest achievement has been in an area that was somewhat unexpected.
Speaking to
SmartCompany from her Canberra office on Monday, as she starts her final week as Ombudsman, Carnell recalls how when she started in the role she asked small businesses what they most wanted her to focus on.
She expected the answer to be industrial relations, but “they said payment times, by a long shot”.
The fact that payment times for small businesses is now a major issue, and that measurable improvements have been made, is at the top of Carnell’s list of highlights from serving as the first Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO).
Special news.com.au investigation As Australian Made launches a legal audit of fake Aussie toy importer Wei Zhang, he is clearing his warehouse, removing and relocating boxes for off-site storage and distribution. Boxes of the Chinese-manufactured, container-imported toys were removed early on Monday morning by a family-owned white van and Mercedes truck. Mr Zhang, who emigrated from China to Australia in the 1990s and started his importation business in 1997, owns three Sydney properties including a large home in Strathfield. The businessman has denied he imports the toys tagged Australian Made , saying they are cut, sewn and stuffed inside the Lansvale warehouse.
Secretly filmed footage has exposed how cheap koala and kangaroo toys made in China are shipped here and then tagged as Australian Made. SEE THE FOOTAGE: