The claim
The Coalition has accused the government of laying waste to the manufacturing industry, citing an increase in the number of company insolvencies on Labor’s watch.
In a January 16 opinion piece published in The Australian, Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley blamed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “lack of an economic plan, failed industrial policies and distracted priorities” for turning manufacturing in Australia into an “industrial graveyard”.
“Today manufacturing insolvencies are about three times higher than the same period just two years ago. We are making less things here, not more,” she said.
So, have manufacturing company insolvencies tripled in the past two years due to the policies of the Labor government?
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