Australia resists 'Buy Australian' union pressure

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sun, 07/26/2009 - 10:43

The government will not adopt a "Buy Australian" policy of giving preference to local firms when allocating multibillion dollar contracts because that would repeat the mistakes of the Great Depression, the prime minister said Sunday.


 

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