Labor candidate Matt Keogh rubbishes PM’s commitments and vows to support local shipbuilding and push for WA companies to win federal contractsSupport for local shipping contractors is shaping up to become a meaningful issue in the Canning byelection,with the Labor candidate, Matt Keogh, and signing a pledge on Monday to support the Australian shipbuilding industry and agitate for Western Australian companies to win federal contracts.
Keogh signed the bit of paper next to a collection of blue-collar employees from the Henderson shipyards of defence contractor BAE Systems,which has the maintenance contracts on a number of Australian navy vessels. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com