Senate debates
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Questions without Notice
Australian Made Campaign Ltd
2:49 pm
Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source
My question is to Senator Sherry, representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. It relates to the government’s financial support for Australian Made Campaign Ltd, a not-for-profit public company established by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its network state and territory chambers, and the recent extensive advertising campaign they have been promoting. The campaign receives partial funding from the department. It is designed to assist consumers to identify Australian made and Australian grown produce as well as Australian owned companies. But the definitions of what constitutes an Australian product could arguably cause more confusion to consumers. For example, under the definitions endorsed—
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