EPISODE · Apr 12, 2024 · 18 MIN
On Background: Can we manufacture our future in Australia?
from Insiders · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Just how far should the government go when it comes to trying to keep manufacturers in Australia and attract new ones? In a significant pre-budget speech this week, the Prime Minister has suggested the role of government needs to evolve as he flagged a much more interventionist approach and what he's calling a future made in Australia. But why should Australian taxpayers be funding local production of things like solar panels? And how far do you go with this? Where does it end? What or who deserves support? Who doesn't?David Speers talks to the Business Council’s Chief Executive Bran Black about the government’s ambitious new agenda.
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Just how far should the government go when it comes to trying to keep manufacturers in Australia and attract new ones? In a significant pre-budget speech this week, the Prime Minister has suggested the role of government needs to evolve as he flagged a much more interventionist approach and what he's calling a future made in Australia. But why should Australian taxpayers be funding local production of things like solar panels? And how far do you go with this? Where does it end? What or who deserves support? Who doesn't? David Speers talks to the Business Council’s Chief Executive Bran Black about the government’s ambitious new agenda.
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