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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Business
Michael Parris

Newcastle 'deserves' big slice of $15b reconstruction fund for manufacturing precinct

Jennifer Westacott at a business gathering in Newcastle on Tuesday. Picture supplied

The head of the Business Council of Australia says the federal government's $15 billion reconstruction fund should set up a nationally significant advanced manufacturing precinct in Newcastle.

Jennifer Westacott told a business gathering in Newcastle on Tuesday that the Hunter had the skilled workforce and manufacturing background to justify a substantial investment from Labor's planned catalyst fund.

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