15 Jul 2008

Aluminium industry 'at risk'

AUSTRALIA risks losing its entire aluminium industry if the introduction of carbon trading is botched, a leading union has warned.

Contradicting other unions that played down the likelihood of job losses, the Australian Workers Union yesterday launched a report arguing the industry's 15,000 jobs would be lost to countries with less environmentally sound policies unless it was properly compensated under the carbon pollution reduction scheme.

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