Labor announces National Procurement Policy to boost to local manufacturing supply chains

Posted on 21 Jan 2019 by Tim Brown
Labor leader Bill Shorten - image courtesy of Ross Caldwell [CC BY-SA 4.0 (httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

The Australian Labor Party wants to increase the number of local companies that win contracts to supply the approximate $50bn worth of federal government contracts that are available each year.

Labor leader Bill Shorten sml – image courtesy of Ross Caldwell CC BY-SA 4.0 (httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4.0), from Wikimedia Commons At a press conference in Maryborough, Queensland, Labor leader Bill Shorten said he wanted to place more emphasis on getting local and small businesses lucrative government contracts. Value for money would still be…

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