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11 July 2020

9:00 AM

11 July 2020

9:00 AM

My answer to China? The Anglosphere.

‘Enough buying from China! Why do we need their stuff? It’s s—t quality anyway. Why can’t we make this stuff in Australia?’

A question – and a complaint – now reverberating around the country, no doubt. It was intoned by a fellow who was a dinner guest of my (one-day-to-be) in-laws at a dinner party in Melbourne the other night.

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Edward Cranswick is the Editor of The Barcoo Independent. He tweets at @edwardthecran.

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