Bill Shorten to make local jobs pitch as Queensland bus tour continues

Companies bidding for government projects worth more than $10m will be required to look for local workers first under Labor

Labor would require firms to first look for local workers before filling skills shortages in a bid to use $50bn of government contracts to encourage local employment.

Bill Shorten will announce Labor’s beefed up procurement policy on the campaign trail in Queensland on Monday, part of his nine-day bus tour of key marginals.

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