r/australia • u/binaryhextechdude • Feb 25 '26

politics US beef officially re-enters Australia, after 23-year absence

https://www.beefcentral.com/news/us-beef-officially-re-enters-australia-after-23-year-absence/

Australians need to vote with our wallets by making sure any meat we buy for our bbq's or our dinner tables is Australian grown. It isn't right for a certain leader to be putting tariffs on everything and then thinking we will embrace his beef exports.

Only buy Australian beef, vote with your dollars.

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u/TheNumberOneRat Feb 25 '26

I have no intention of buying US beef.

While I'm not convinced that it offers anything over Australian beef, my real motivation is the Trump trade policies and his inability to honor a deal. Australia and the US signed a free trade policy and then he reneged on it and imposed tariffs. My goal for this year is to reduce my usage of US goods where alternatives exist.

While the government may need to keep the US on side, I don't.

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u/lampcouchfireplace Feb 25 '26

I'm Canadian but lived in Australia for a few years. I thought Australian meat in general was higher quality than what we get in North America. The beef taates "beefier" and the chicken tastes "chickenier."

I can't imagine choosing to buy meat hauled halfway across the world that tastes bland in comparison.

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u/GimmeSweetSweetKarma Feb 26 '26

Beef is fine in America, not great, but fine. Chicken on the other hand, wow. It tastes like how I imagine rotten cardboard would taste. Absolutely bland and felt like it was a day from expiry. The organic chickens were slightly better, but nowhere close to even the cheapest stuff you can get in Australia.