Mark Coure MP
Shadow Minister for Jobs, Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology
After two years of inaction, the Minns Labor Government has officially broken its promise to enforce a 50% local content target for rolling-stock contracts, delaying real action for another decade and leaving NSW workers behind.
Shadow Minister for Jobs, Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Mark Coure, has condemned the Government's failure to deliver on its key election commitment, calling it a betrayal of local workers and manufacturers.
"This was a clear and simple promise from Labor—50% minimum local content for rolling-stock contracts. Instead, they've kicked the can down the road for another 10 years. That's a decade of lost jobs and missed opportunities for NSW," Mr Coure said.
The Minns Labor Government has released yet another industry policy filled with roadmaps, plans, studies, taskforces, and commissions, but has failed to take real action to create jobs and invest in local manufacturing.
"We've had enough of the reports and strategies, NSW workers need action now. Instead of mandating local manufacturing, Labor is still handing contracts to overseas companies while highly skilled workers here in NSW are left out in the cold," Mr Coure said.
Despite their repeated promises, Labor has chosen to build buses overseas instead of supporting and upskilling our local manufacturers.
"This is a blatant betrayal of NSW workers. If the Minns Labor Government was serious about local industry, they would enforce local content requirements now, not in 10 years," Mr Coure said.
"NSW can't afford another decade of inaction. The Minns Labor Government must step up, enforce their own commitments, and start building in NSW, not overseas".
