PlanB - My son lives in the north-west of Sydney. He buys his honey from a lovely old man who sits

on the side of the road with a little make-shift stall. He also sells the best Strawberries and

watermelon. As you say - BUY AUSSIE>

Thank you Mindy you are so right,  

I was always brought up to eat in season and FRESH as --- in those days it was easy because there was none of this importation and freezing fruit and such -- AND it tasted so much different to what rubbish we buy these days -- I have an Apple sitting on the bench uncut and I am waiting to see how long it lasts -- it has been there for 6 weeks now and still not rotten -- I am wondering how long it will last --- I guarantee it would have NO goodness in it though.

I ask you what the hell are they doing to our food!?

I will then take it back to Woolies and tell them the date I bought it and ask for an explanation.

I blame Malcolm Turbull eh MICK.

I like Beechworth honey too. Luckily for me, my local Woolies stocks it.

I buy Nothing that has a Coles or a Woolies label on it as it can be packed here but can be imported from anywhere and you can be darn sure that they -- Coles & Woolies --would be getting the cheapest and making the BIGGEST profit.

So much Honey is mucked with by China and they have NO morals at all

I don’t buy anything that says “Australian Owned”.  Australian Owned doesn’t tell me where their company/factory is.

Well said PlanB, have to agree with you.

Agree with you, HS, as well as with PlanB.

The food labelling is seriously deficient and is partly to blame for such fraud to occur - if it says 30% Australian ingredients, WHERE is the REST FROM? - that's what we need to know! Many of us try to buy Australian, however the Govt and it's agencies / bureaucrats refuse to give us the full information - even if we want to avoid Chinese products we can't seem to avoid it as in this case. Disgusting failure of Labelling and lack of enforcement of truth in reporting.

Yep Reagan the Mauka honey from NZ is great. It's even used in some hospitals for its healing properties.

must be a new type of honey that Mauka

Captain Cook was the first white person to taste Manuka honey.

Are you aware Reagan that NZ  -- is allowed to IMPORT anything they like and relabel it as from NZ? 

I used to think years ago that NZ stuff had to be good --- WRONG  -- it could be from anywhere -- and IMO this is so darn wrong for them to be able to do this --- so beacuse of that I buy NOTHING from NZ now.

We also have very good Manuka Honey here as well as we have the same tea Tree it is made from --Leptospermum scoparium

We never used to have trade deals and we were far better off then and had lots of jobs too and lots of manufacturing-- 

We have to become self-sufficient again as what happens when the  S--t hits the fan and those places refuse to do the right thing?     

We have to think ahead

So you think Australia should become an autarky? International trade is as old as the hills..not sure of the date but would guess some 3000 years ago people began trading with nearby countries.

No country is self-sufficient..that’s why we have trade. The only country to my knowledge that comes really close is North Korea..they focus on self reliance at the expense of their people. However..even they have to trade with China as they don’t have enough petroleum, coal, textiles and machinery of their own. In return.. North Korea supplies China with other natural resources it has a lot of such as iron..

Australia is not self-sufficient because it relies significantly on other countries to provide critical resources like petroleum, vehicles, telecommunications equipment, computers and medications. If one is talking only in terms of food..then if there is a global trade collapse..I believe we could manage..although we’d have to contend with drought and we know what that means. Shortages..high prices..yes and even increased poverty..

If Australia was to become self sufficient..we’d have to regress technologically..yes back to the dark ages or are we willing to be like Costa Rica and rely solely on renewable energy? I know I am..I think Australia can become entirely self sufficient if we invest in wind power, solar panel, geothermal energy and hydroelectric power. But all that comes at a cost..are you willing to pay for it?

Something to consider..the world’s natural resources are spread unevenly across the planet..so..it makes sense to benefit each other by being open to trade..

Sophie, I realize that we are not able to be fully self-sufficient BUT we used to have way more manufacturing etc yes we still imported some stuff -- and we will always have to but NOT to the extent we are now -- If we have it here and are able to buy it here grown here then why wouldn't you support your own country?

Some people buy stuff because of the price may be cheaper -- but I ask at what cost in the long run --plus you have no idea if such are even safe -- as it has been proved time and again

It is a lot like being personally self-sufficient -- always better rather than have to rely on others do you not agree?

"Are you aware Reagan that NZ  -- is allowed to IMPORT anything they like and relabel it as from NZ? "

you don't say!

Australian manuka honey is made by capilano, that's why I get mine direct from NZ

Olbaid- You regurgitate facts, but they are not sweet -

ROFLMAO

Yes, Polly,  Tassie stuff is always great --