Coronavirus shortages prompt Australia to bring manufacturing home


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Australia has been forced to rethink its industrial policy after an acute shortage of ventilators and protective equipment exposed what critics labelled its “dependence” on China.

As part of the country’s effort to tackle its coronavirus outbreak, Canberra has promised to nurture local manufacturing to ensure it is less reliant on global supply chains.

“Open trading has been a core part of our prosperity over centuries,” Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister, told parliament.


A medic carries out a drive-through Covid-19 test at Bondi beach

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