MEDIA RELEASE Weld Australia has issued a strong response to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariff regime, which has imposed exorbitant duties on a wide range of global imports, including a staggering 50% tariff on Lesotho’s diamond exports. While the age of...
Media Release Weld Australia Demands Urgent Government Action to Implement Meaningful, Enforceable Local Content Requirements for All Federal and State Government Projects Weld Australia welcomes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s call for Australians to “buy local”...
MEDIA RELEASE | 8 OCTOBER 2024 Weld Australia Calls for Immediate Action Against Victorian Government’s Offshoring of Local Infrastructure Projects in Favour of Cheap, Unsafe Imported SteelWeld Australia—who represents thousands of local welders and...
WORK SHORTAGES AND RISING COSTS MAKE LOCAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS A NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT Weld Australia has released the results of its 2024 Member Survey. The findings demonstrate that Australia’s welding and fabrication industry is facing chronic...
MEDIA RELEASE Will the Australian Government Manufacture Wind and Transmission Towers Locally or Outsource to China—Again? Weld Australia calls upon the Australian Government to provide a clear and immediate public response regarding the manufacture of wind and...
With the expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme, Weld Australia is calling on the federal and state governments to legislate local content procurement policies. These policies must state that stipulate that 60% of all fabricated steel used in renewable energy...
Australia risks being left out of lucrative new markets for renewable energy-related manufacturing unless government provides an urgent, domestic response to match powerful incentives introduced by the U.S and several other industrial nations. The finding was...
MEDIA RELEASE On Thursday, the Federal Government introduced legislation that will pave the way for construction of Australia's first offshore wind farms. In the wake of this legislation, Weld Australia is calling on the Federal Government to mandate local content in...
Recent media commentary has dismissed the very real contribution that the manufacturing industry could make to Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery.
Welding is a far less dangerous, arduous job than ever before. Increasingly, Australia’s world-class welding workshops are light and bright, and fitted-out with some of the most advanced technology available.
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