by Chris McCormack
Ninety per cent of our pharmaceuticals are imported
Plastics manufacturer closed after power bills rose by $1.2 million a year
Affordable energy key to domestic manufacturing
One thing covid19 has highlighted is Australia’s overreliance on imported products as essential medical equipment and other product lines of supply dry up.
Manufacturing in Australia has fallen from around 29 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 1960 to around 6 per cent today. S…
