Labor MPs call for manufacturing assistance

A group of 20 federal Labor MPs have expressed concern that not enough is being done to help manufacturing.

The MPs says their own Government is failing to support the manufacturing sector, and they are calling on it to preference Australian companies when awarding contracts and to require the mining sector to do the same.

However, the federal Industry Minister Kim Carr says the Commonwealth Government already has procurement policies in place to support local industry.

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