Buying Australian

With all the hoo-hah about Aussie jobs going overseas (and rightly so) what is the *right* thing to do in regards to buying Australian?

The suggestion seems to be to just turn our backs on products made by companies that have moved operations overseas. The problem with this though is that whilst 3 out of 5 employees who worked for the company have lost their jobs... do we have a moral obligation to try and protect the other 2 that managed to keep theirs?

On TV the other night, they showed how much cheaper buying Aussie products actually is - which is great - but seriously, is the Australian public going to actively search out these products over 'preferred' brands. It's up to the supermarkets to make sure these items are prominently labelled and placed, but I really can't see many big companies punting well-paying companies off the middle shelf so the Aussie stuff is what you see first.

But again.. what about the ones who managed to keep their jobs? Do we really want to risk making it a 5 out of 5 job loss statistic? There's no easy answer...

On a lighter note, something occurred to me about products made by the well-known promoter of Australian made products - Dick Smith...

... there is no way in hell I will ever get my other half to eat a product that has the words 'Dick' and 'Cheese' on the one wrapper....