Buying Australian helps to keep fellow Australians in work.
As Australians around the country celebrate Australia Day, consumers are being urged by Australian Made Campaign to help support local farmers and manufacturers by buying goods grown and produced in Australia. 
Australian Made Campaign, the not-for-profit administrator of Australia's country of origin certification scheme, is calling on shoppers to seek out the famous green and gold kangaroo logo whether they are buying prawns for the barbie or indeed the barbecue itself.
Australian Made Campaign chief executive Ian Harrison says that buying Australian made or grown products for Australia Day is a start but it should also be a practice encouraged all year round.
"We encourage consumers to look more closely at the products they are purchasing, and make Australia Day a starting point for new buying behaviours," Mr Harrison says. "Most products - and all food products - carry a country-of-origin label, and sometimes it's just about getting in the habit of looking for it."
Australian Made Campaign director Nicki Anderson says the green and gold kangaroo logo is Australia's only registered country of origin certification trademark and there are a number of benefits for consumers and Australia for buying products that carry it.
"It's very much about supporting people that are manufacturing, growing or processing in Australia so it is effectively keeping jobs in Australia," Ms Anderson says. "And when people are making a choice between buying a product made in Australia versus overseas, you know that you are supporting your mate next door."
She says Australian products are also renowned for their quality and "that is something that we as a country stand for and that is a really exciting reason to buy Australian".
Over the past 12 months, the average number of businesses registering to use the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo each month has almost doubled and there are now more than 2400 businesses registered to use it.
Ms Anderson said the logo - that was first introduced in 1986 - has become a trusted symbol denoting Australia as the country of origin for products and Australian Made Campaign works closely with the ACCC to ensure all registered products meet high levels of compliance.
"People come to us when they know they do meet the criteria for Australian Made or Australian Grown," Ms Anderson says. "And we are very strict in making sure that everything that carries the mark complies otherwise it undermines the certification.
"We have got about 15,000 products registered and I know lots more would like to be registered but they don't meet the criteria," she says.
The logo is the only registered country of origin trademark across all 34 classes of goods for Australia, and Ms Anderson says consumers should be wary of any other claims made by unregistered products that may suggest Australian origin through branding or packaging.
"It's buyer beware and people need to do their homework on other marks whereas they can trust the Australian Made logo."
A comprehensive list of certified Australian products
can be found at:
australianmade.com.au/products.