Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

COVID has demonstrated that we must increase the nation's resilience to supply chain disruption to protect our economy and security into the future. The Liberal-National government is working with industry to identify the goods and services most critical to Australians. That's why, as part of the Modern Manufacturing Strategy, we are investing over $107 million in the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative: to help Australia be better prepared for any future shocks. We are looking right across the supply chains, from medical products our doctors and nurses need to the chemicals required for packaging and for our farmers to grow their crops, or the equipment to harvest and process our food. From there we will look at a range of solutions, whether that is establishing or scaling up domestic manufacturing, ensuring the capacity to pivot to meet surge demand or working with other like-minded countries to make sure that Australia is more safe and more secure.