Daniel Newell: Boxing clever for the local little | Australian Markets

I’m taking up boxing.

It’s come as a shock to these round me, not least my closest household who know full properly that whereas I’ll fortunately run for an hour, I’m very a lot with out a trace of discernible higher physique power.

I’ve been operating for years however the knees are beginning to go (even with the ample suspension of a top-tier treadmill) so, naturally, now’s the time to maneuver on and destroy one other completely functioning physique half — the shoulders.

I’ve finished the analysis on punching luggage and all the gear that may pave the method for an epic beef-cake transformation. and settled on what I’ll need to begin.

Next was discovering out the place to buy all of it and how a lot it might value. That got here the identical day Donald Trump and his tariffs despatched world markets into a tailspin — flames and all.

After remembering my stock portfolio is about as ripped as my biceps, I gave Trump’s ramblings little thought and pressed on down the Google rabbit gap the place I discovered what I wished on a well-known sport superstore’s web site and added the lot to the cart. But one thing stopped me going additional.

All this speak of tariffs has stirred up a passionate defence of our local producers and manufacturing industries, and defending their potential to trade freely with world companions. Our local producers and producers — the ones who survived a pandemic, inflation, rising prices and rates of interest.

China could also be the world’s purchasing cart however we make a lot of our own stuff — together with, because it seems, punching luggage. Made proper right here in Perth.

The Australia Made marketing campaign reckons 90 per cent of us have a choice for Aussie-made merchandise.

“A strategic approach to ‘buy local’ initiatives, incorporating consumers, businesses and all levels of government is what is needed right now,” chief government Ben Lazzaro mentioned simply after Trump slapped Australia with a 10 per cent tariff on all our exports into the US.

“Local manufacturers are known for producing high-quality, premium products (and) … these products offer demonstrable value for money over their product lifecycle.”

Does that include a larger price tag? Sometimes. On some issues we simply can’t compete with China’s military of manufacturing unit employees who take home about $1000 a month.

It comes down to the place you need your hard-earned money to finish up. For my money, I’ll be boxing clever (if not spectacularly) for WA.