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As you’d hope Australia’s Small Business Minister is a big supporter of local businesses.
At a media event in her Tasmanian electorate this week, SmartCompany asked Julie Collins MP to recommend a local business or two.
Diplomatically, she mentioned the mushroom farm that we were standing in – that’s Tunnel Hill Mushrooms – which grows a variety of fungi for Hobart’s restaurant trade – and also a wonderful neighbourhood eatery in nearby Bellerive named Marla Singer, which we know she fraternises regularly because we saw her debriefing there after the press conference, while we enjoyed a coffee.
The very stylish Minister Collins also drew our attention to her (beautiful) earrings, which she said were purchased – like all her earrings – locally in her electorate at home and personal adornment retailer Urban Attic.
“I spend a lot of time buying earrings, they’re my thing,” said Minister Collins. “They’re cheap, easy to carry and there’s a lot of great Tasmanian small businesses producing earrings.”
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