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Budget 2021: $8 million for campaign to promote small and family-owned businesses
Eloise Keating
Small Business Minister Stuart Robert. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
Australians will again be urged to continue supporting small and family-owned businesses in their local areas, with the federal government setting aside another $8 million to fund a nationwide ‘shop local’ campaign.
Small Business Minister Stuart Robert announced the two-year campaign in a media statement accompanying the federal budget papers on Tuesday, saying the campaign will help support SMEs as they continue to recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During 2020, the Council of Small Business Organisation Australia (COSBOA) received $5 million in funding to run the ‘Go Local First ‘campaign, and Treasury officials confirmed to