Australia's manufacturing sector gets $1.5 billion boost in pandemic recovery plan

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Australian Premier Steven Marshall visit the Bickfords Aseptic beverage line production facility on 5 September 2019.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Australian Premier Steven Marshall visit the Bickfords Aseptic beverage line production facility on 5 September 2019. Source: AAP

The plan identifies six areas which will receive government support: mining, food and drink, medical products, recycling and clean energy, defence and space.


The Prime Minister has declared next week's Budget will be the most important for the country since the Second World War.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined the coalition's manufacturing strategy at the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday.

Australian manufacturers across six priority areas will receive more help to expand in high-value areas through an almost $1.5 billion budget boost.

But Labor argues the coalition has neglected the sector for the best part of a decade.

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