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Too early to celebrate: Shipbuilders need certainty over shipbuilding policy, says AMWU
Australian shipbuilders are meeting with Coalition Members of Parliament and Cross Benchers in Canberra this week to seek clarification on last week’s $34 billion announcement...
Australian shipbuilder ASC cuts 101 blue collar jobs
101 blue collar contract worker jobs have been lost at Australian naval shipbuilder ASC due to the gradual winding down of the Air Warfare...
Abbott Government announces limited tender process for AWD project
The Abbott Government announced it will seek tenders from suitable companies to oversee the remainder of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project after a...
AMWU: shipbuilding headed “down the same path as the car industry” under Abbott Government
The AMWU has slammed the Abbott Government for its failure to support the country’s shipbuilding industry after Adelaide shipbuilder ASC announced on Saturday that...
Sweden out of contention for Australia’s A$50bn submarine project
The list of potential partners for the A$50 billion Australian submarine project has shrunk to three contenders after Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on...
No urgent security need for local submarine build, says Defence Chief Mark Binskin
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said on Tuesday that there was no urgent security need to build the next fleet of submarines in Australia,...
SA shipyard workers pressure Government to fulfil submarine promise
South Australian shipyard workers have flown to Canberra to warn the Government against breaking its election promise to build Australian submarines in Adelaide.
According to...
Australian Government announces rescue plan for AWD project
The Federal Government has devised a three-point rescue plan for the troubled Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project and will deploy up to 40 defence...
AMWU turns up the pressure on Minister David Johnston over broken election promise
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has continued to push the Coalition Government to commit to building the country’s future submarine fleet and the...
Australia’s $20bn submarine fleet is on course to be built overseas
After much speculation, Australian shipbuilders look set to miss out on Government contracts to build Australia's $20 billion submarine fleet as reports emerged that...
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