Nationals Senator Matthew Canavan at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Jun. 22, 2021. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
Thousands more Australian jobs in the metals industry are under threat as China floods global markets with state-backed supply, prompting Nationals Senator Matt Canavan to call for a Senate inquiry into the issue.
“The prime minister’s own resources minister, Madeleine King, said the other week that Chinese finance supply expansion of the nickel industry cost us that industry and 10,000 jobs last year,” Canavan told Sunrise on July 16.
