Business lobby claims corruption ‘backdoor’ in FMiA bill


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia agenda has opened a “backdoor” to union corruption and lacks the pace and detail of competing global efforts, business groups claimed on Thursday.

At a Canberra hearing on the legislation to establish a National Interest Framework to guide multi-billion-dollar investments, the nation’s business lobby offered in principal support – breaking from the federal Coalition.

But the groups pushed the Senate to make key …

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