I’m working on a series of poster/images for !buyoceanian@quokk.au - A comm for promoting Aus/NZ goods.
Can I please get some of your recommendations and suggestions for locally made and owned alternative brands. Thank you
So this website should help you out a lot.
https://australianmade.com.au/
Edit:
Looks like this is the kiwi version,
Sadly “Australian Made” is a bit of a flog. It could be all Chinese produced parts but put together here and be considered Australian Made. I’m trying to find stuff that is ideally all done here.
Yeah, na. You’re not taking the time to understand the heirarchy in place exactly to mitigate the confusion about what really constitutes a country of origin.
So below is the country of origin standards from competition and consumer law act 2010 (cth)
On page 8-9 of the Australian Made, Australian Grown (amag) code of practice you’ll see they basically refer to the definitions of country of origin set out in the table in section 255 of the Act (screenshot above). Along with some examples of what is not considered ‘substantial transformation’.
https://australianmade.com.au/media/51704/amag-code-of-practice-july-2011.pdf
The Australian Made, Australian Grown campaign is and always will be linked to the Federal Government, meaning any owners (Currently a non-profit run by the Australian Chamber of Commerce network) have to meet certain requirements including upholding the campaigns authoritive acceptance.
https://australianmade.com.au/why-buy-australian-made/history-of-australian-made/
I think a lot of Australians haven’t taken the time to understand how country of origin works in Australian consumer law. Basically ‘made in’ is a lower standard to meet, than ‘product of’ or ‘grown in’. With the lower expectations of ‘made in’ set right in people’s minds I think a lot of confusion could be avoided.
Maybe easier/graphical explanations of this aspect could form part of your buy Oceanian project?
There was a time that Dick Smith published a catalog like this. It was mostly supermarket products, and needed constant updating as companies outsourced overseas.
Just for my car, I can think of: Motor oil - Penrite instead of Valvoline. Detailing - Bowden’s Own instead of Meguiar’s. Tyres - I don’t think anything is made here anymore. Not even the Bob Jane or Dunlops.
I play baseball. It’s easy to avoid US products, as Japan and Canada make heaps of great stuff. You won’t find anything Australian though.
Most of Australia’s consumer money spent on US products goes to Facebook Amazon Netflix Google and Microsoft.
For tech, I guess Stan instead of Netflix?
I avoid most physical US products because they’re often not metric, and a pain to work with.
For example, the lawnmowers at Bunnings have Briggs ans Stratton or Honda (US) engines. I bought a Rover from an independent mower shop. Great aussie mowers.
For Uggs, I’ve been using Mortels. Aussie owned, grown, and made. I rock the Bitza made from offcuts. I feel like I’m helping making use of the entire sheepskin. You know, less waste etc. Been very happy with the quality, and I use innersoles to keep things clean and fresh to cater for my sweaty, smelly feet and get extra life out of the ugg boots. You can give them a wash if they get matted or grotty, or just replace them as needed. There’s nothing quite like popping your cold foot into an ugg that’s nice and fluffy everywhere, instead of matted and half worn out innersole. They even have arched innersoles. I am not affiliated with Mortels, just a happy customer.
You don’t feel bad for killing the poor sheep?
Well, kind of. But I hope my choice is better than drilling oil out of the ground, sending it overseas to be processed into synthetic fibres, then processed and made into boots in underpaid sweat shops, before being shipped back to Australia. And then replacing them every year because they fall apart.
Yeah it’s tricky. Maybe the answer is to buy less. Keep it longer. Maybe second hand.
Oh awesome. Been wanting to get some uggs for winter, these look great. I love how rando the colours are on the Blitza, might end up getting them too.
Mufftech. I don’t own any yet, but if and when the tariffs let up, I’ll be ordering my own pair immediately
