Lighting Council of Australia

MEDIA RELEASE

Government turns off the lights on manufacturing industry

A new government proposal will turn off the lights on one of Australia’s few remaining viable manufacturing industries, a peak body warns.

Lighting manufacture in Australia provides nearly 5,000 manufacturing jobs across the country, with thousands of downstream jobs reliant on the survival of the industry.

“This is a sucker punch to an industry that should be the darling of government. We create manufacturing jobs, reduce energy consumption for Australian households and businesses, and we innovate and develop cutting edge products in Australia”, explains Roman Gowor, Lighting Council
Australia National Marketing and Environment Manager.

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