Steel confusion over ‘Australian made’ tag: Rorris

Andrew Pearson
Updated April 26 2017 - 1:36pm, first published 1:30pm
AUSTRALIAN-MADE: Steel coming out of the furnace inside the Hot Strip Mill at BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks. Confusion over the term 'Australian-made steel' lingers, an industry advocate tells a federal inquiry. Picture: Sylvia Liber
AUSTRALIAN-MADE: Steel coming out of the furnace inside the Hot Strip Mill at BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks. Confusion over the term 'Australian-made steel' lingers, an industry advocate tells a federal inquiry. Picture: Sylvia Liber

An Illawarra union leader has told a federal parliamentary inquiry into government procurement that steel standards are only as good as their enforcement and confusion remains over the definition of ‘Australian-made steel’.

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Andrew Pearson

Andrew grew up in the western Riverina town of Hay and has strong ties to the region. He is a former DA journo who has a passion for breaking news and has covered everything from council and politics to crime and court.

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