The nation's farm lobby has called for governments to revive domestic manufacturing and processing amid concerns the agriculture industry relies too heavily on countries like China.
National Farmers' Federation chief executive Tony Mahar told Landline the COVID-19 "disruption" presented an opportunity to strengthen supply chains and regional economies. His ancestors began scouring wool — washing it to remove dirt, grass seeds and grease — 150 years ago.Mr Mitchell's family has produced wool for 150 years.
"In China, it's very much people first and machinery second, so I think it's a whole different philosophy in how you run a factory." "There's been a trend in the last 10 years to move production back to Western countries to service Western markets, and I think that that will increase."Micro-processing a possibility
China must be messing with everyone's heads. On the one hand they have been a major driver of our economy and on the other they are communists with an economy that capitalists could only dream of. We should never have sacrificed our manufacturing industry for short term profits.
Looking forward to see it happen sooner.
Can we get China to do our public broadcasting? Cheaper and same commie crap.
Good on them! This is definitely a worthy cause we have to back, NOW. Jobs, skills, survival of rural communities, history. All are clamouring to be counted.
Instead of pushing for it, just do it. Stop sending them the wool and start processing it themselves. They send it to china because it's easy and cheap. They don't have to, no one makes them. They choose to.
Those jobs should never have been shifted to another country. Clever countries add value to what they produce auspol
What an excellent opportunity for more jobs for Australia's
FiechtnerDonna
No brainer
Give China the 🥾
It's about time!
Once in a million , One person at ABC are reporting real news
We'd need to devalue our currency to be competitive with other countries with cheap labour/energy. Imports would go through the roof, and overseas travel would become prohibitively expensive. Still probably worth it.
Sure, manufacture locally, but value add!!!
Sure pay your unionized workforce a pittance.
Crazy how it's acceptable to ship Aussie jobs overseas to pay underpaid, understaffed employees. Bring these jobs home.
Totally agree!! Japan has already pulled back their manufacturing from China. Australia do it!!!
I can't understand why we keep selling ourselves of to the highest bidder I suppose. All about money. Wake up Australia wake up government's. We need to reclaim things we have sold off. We then reclaim Australia & recharge with jobs. 'WAKE UP' PLEASE.
Going to bed with CV XD
Then what? Do they really think they have the marketing capacity to take it to the world? Seen it all before and it ended in tears and a lot of bankruptcies and lost opportunity. Australia should do what it does best and grow the stuff.
We need affordable energy to support manufacturing. More power stations and an end to the Paris agreement must come first.
100% we need to be investing back in to Australian processing, manufacturing and independent operations. We should never have put ourselves in a position so dependant upon another country.
Yes!!!!!
Oh yeah, we will have wool jacket, wool shirt and wool undie and wool bra
Good.
Totally agree, bring everything home 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Can’t even buy 100% wool socks anymore!
Why on earth did we ever shift it to China? Beginning to look like our previous Governments have just not cared about Australia at all just profits.
About time Australia needs an industrial revolution
Yes and to be fair send the abc to China where it belongs.
It’s the right time to come back home ...
About time...
I would love to see this become a reality and that the industry gets the support from governments and commerce to make it happen.
Great idea. Now get the Gas reservation in place so they have cheap energy and start building dams and other infrastructure linked to a productive and diverse economy that leverages our natural strengths
Yes please.
Really? Neoliberalism not working out as well as agrarian socialism then? Maybe those co-ops had more value than the rwnjs have them credit for? 'The price of everything, the value of nothing' sums up policy making of the past 40yrs. Better model::
Australia’s agtech revolution
Yes 👍 please
Yes Yes Yes finally let good sense prevail !!! Now let’s work on Iron ore, copper,lithium, uranium , cotton & initiate a buy back of food producers eg. dairies & beef. We have it all we just not realising the full potential!
It is beyond ridiculous there is no wool manufacturing in Australia! 🤯
Absolutley tech advancement in automation and process controls have made manufacturing less labour and waste intensive and viable.
People have short memories. There’s a reason why textile businesses in Australia have failed in the past without significant government support.
That’s nice, wonder how that will work when this industry will need designers. You know, those useless ppl who have to pay $14.500 for a year of study now.
It’s the right thing to do..... start manufacturing in Australia again.
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