Australian congregation snubbed for solar panel jobThe Federal Government has come under impugn for failing to include Australia’s only domestic producer of solar panels in a Commonwealth easily pained.
The $1.5 billion Solar Flagship program is committed to erection up to four large-scale solar power plants in Australia.
But Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) spokesman Tim Ayres says Australian company Silex was overlooked and the Federal Government has chosen overseas competitors instead.
“This company is going to be a successful company into the hereafter but this is an important opportunity to use a Government program to extricate for Australian manufacturing,” he said.
“The great risk is climate make some ~ in. policy won’t lead to leading edge manufacturing jobs – if we’re going to have ~ing a country that makes things these sorts of opportunities shouldn’t be missed.”
Mr Ayres says Silex was overlooked because it could not struggle with overseas competitors on cost.
The AMWU estimates the contract would obtain delivered 250 direct solar manufacturing jobs and that the Commonwealth indispensably to kick-start domestic providers, instead of looking to competitors like China and the United States.