Mark Vaile has once again demonstrated that the Howard / Costello Government is actively pursuing sending Australian jobs overseas, telling business people and diplomats this week that the Government will not be taking any “interventionist measures” to prevent offshoring of IT work.
In May this year Labor supported the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) Policy Statement on Off-shoring which called for the Federal Government to take action against an increasing trend in off-shoring Australian IT jobs. And we called on the Howard Government to do the same.
Clearly they have chosen to ignore this advice, having already put their stamp of approval on Telstra’s decision to send Australian jobs overseas.
The Howard / Costello Governments fixation on sending jobs overseas is outrageous and fails to acknowledge the potential of ICT in Australia.
Labor believes where Australia can compete, the work should stay on-shore.
Labor once again calls on the Howard / Costello Government to put Australian jobs first, and stop selling out our ICT workers.
Contact: Adina Cirson – (02) 6277 3334 or 0418 488 295
