Matthew Guy wants to make Victorian manufacturing great again

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy wants to reclaim Victoria’s historic position as the manufacturing engine room of Australia with a $2.5 billion fund he says will create thousands of jobs.

“Investment in the private sector to create private sector jobs is what the Liberal and National parties do best. That is why at this critical time, we will make it a priority to recover and rebuild our manufacturing sector.”The announcement represents one of the first election campaign salvos, a year out from the November, 2022 poll. The opposition wants to recalibrate to focus on jobs and economic growth after its law-and-order-focused 2018 state election disaster.

The plan follows decades of decline in manufacturing employment in Victoria. Bureau of Statistics figures show manufacturing employment made up about 8.4 per cent of the Victoria’s total employment by the end of August 2021. Industry policy has long been seen as a relative political strength for Labor. Mr Guy, who is trailing in opinion polls, said there would be a heavy focus on the regions.

Yeah, sure …….the Libs couldn’t run a rigged chook raffle without losing money!

Tell me he isn’t going to run with the ‘Make Victoria Great Again’ slogan. ‘MVGA’ hats don’t quite roll of the tongue.

I thought Liberals were about capitalism and the free market. Nope they're about welfare for their rich mates but not those genuinely suffering.

Get manufacturing started in Vic .

Am I hearing right? Didn’t the LNP preside over the dismantling of manufacturing? They take it away then they give it back? Do they take us for idiots? Are we meant to be grateful? Inconsistent popularist policy making on the fly yet again!

Didn’t Victoria have a car manufacturing industry 🤔. Ah, that’s right, Abbott, Hockey, Cormann et al told them to piss off. Stick to Lobsters 🦞 with Mobsters Muppet.

Opposition Loser Matthew Guy There, fixed it for you

What of ours is he going to sell to give $2.5 billion to private industry.

Manufacturing what... goods of the past that have been superceded by modern innovations. In direct response to your practice in outsourcing labour, has resulted in Australia experiencing a void in skills

They shut down TAFE so where will the moron find the skilled workers?

Until issues like gov regulation, high input costs (as electricity and gas) and union rigidity are tackled this is wishful thinking

his mates in canberra dared the car industry to leave and they did. going to need a lot of jobs just to make up for the ones fed lnp lost us.

$2.5billion will buy a lot of lobsters !!!!

He has no idea.

Is this party still the Liberals?

OMG these Liberals and their taxes, who's going to pay for this? You just can't trust them with your money. Such a fiscally irresponsible party smdh.

I am pretty sure this is a Labor federal party policy.

$5B over 5 yrs=$500M pa. That’s going to help? Who trashed the car & the associated industries. What happened to the warship construction down in Williamstown despite successfully delivered two multibillion $ frigates programs? Where are the skills coming from? MatthewGuyMP

Brought to you by an unliveable wage, eroded workers rights, and 3rd world Safety standards.

From the party that killed our car industry and tries to undermine the efforts of what's left of our manufacturing workers getting fair pay and decent conditions.

Such a sorry state of affairs with media outlets, when we see a once great paper singing the praises of the conservatives, and at the same time ignoring the other side. Disgrace

We need this guy in charge now, it's the only hope we have

more like manufacturing lobsters, ivermectin, and anti-vax rubbish.

The Liberals killed Victorian manufacturing worth 10 times that stop promoting these baseless liars.

For crying out loud. He's the guy who comes to a bottle party with half a 'd' of warm cans.

Manufacturing of lobster cracking utensils?

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