ACTU to call on 'independent commission' into manufacturing procurement practices

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) will this week call on the Federal Government to commission an independent review into manufacturing procurement practices.

The peak union body says firms engaged in local resource projects should be required to provide information on how local manufacturing firms will be given a fair opportunity to participate; how they will become part of the supply chain; what percentage of total spend will comprise local content; and why local manufacturers are being excluded.

The ACTU, at the government’s Future Jobs Forum in Canberra, has also called for the government to review the tax system to remove incentives for companies to move offshore and instead create incentives for local and overseas companies to develop new capacity and target competencies in Australia.

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