Senator Kim Carr writes for the Mercury about Labor's stance on steel

By Andrew Pearson
Updated May 6 2016 - 11:40am, first published 7:00am
STEEL STRATEGY: Labor's spokesman for innovation and industry Kim Carr (second from right) visits BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks last month. Senator Carr says "we can't afford to let the steel industry die". Picture: Robert Peet
STEEL STRATEGY: Labor's spokesman for innovation and industry Kim Carr (second from right) visits BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks last month. Senator Carr says "we can't afford to let the steel industry die". Picture: Robert Peet

A Labor senator says a mandated percentage of Australian steel use in government projects sounds tempting but “doesn’t match the realities” of the industry. 

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