Promised rigour missing from FMiA bill, experts warn


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda is creating real risks to trade and foreign investment while opening the door to pork barrelling and captain’s picks, a Senate inquiry has heard.

The risks can be mitigated, however, with more transparency and rigour, according to think tanks, which on Thursday offered principle support for Labor’s new era of intervention in industry.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers put a Future Made in Australia at the centre of his third Budget in May, promissing appropriate rigour through a National Interest framework.

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