May 26, 2012

Senate fails South Australian workers

Nick Xenophon

The threat to jobs and industry in the South East of South Australia caused by dumped Asian tissue products highlights the inadequacy of our bicameral federal system. The Senate was established as a “state’s house” with equal numbers of Senators from each of the six colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia. Our founding fathers [...]

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Protect Australian jobs

Sumatran Tiger

The future of several thousand Australian jobs could be at risk if the Federal Government continues with its free trade policy. Many of those jobs are in the South East of South Australia where Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) manufactures tissues and toilet paper at Millicent, near Mount Gambier. KCA is a subsidiary of the US-based Kimberly-Clark [...]

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