53 year old ship building yard closed under Turnbull's innovation - Australia

Despite work available to be done, Lieberal incompetence now sees a 53 year old Australian ship yard close it's doors. The reason they say is because the federal gov hasn't bought forward the available work.

It seems that the Abbott gov incompetence with manufacturing continues unabated under Turnbull.

The gates have been shut on the Foragcs Shipyard in the Hunter throwing its last 150 skilled employees out of work as the pain inflicted by the Coalition Government’s failure to bring forward shipbuilding projects deepens across the nation. 

The $21 million purchase of the family-owned yard at Tomago completed on Wednesday was the signal for the new owners Civmec to close down the iconic facility after 53 years, meaning redundancy for the shipbuilders who were escorted off the site within hours. 

AMWU members lamented that it should not have been that way, as the yard would still be capable of taking on major defence projects including patrol boats and two supply ships if the Turnbull Government had prioritised these. 

Since 2012 the Forgacs Shipyard has gone from almost 1000 workers to being barren, a fate shared by BAE’S Williamstown yard in Victoria as the industry was allowed to fall into the valley of death. 

In less than three years of Coalition Government, 1665 shipyard jobs have gone nationally. AMWU  

What an exciting time to be alive in this era of Turnbull innovation, with "every sinew" of gov policy addressing said innovation.....

FFS they can't even keep a ship yard going!

Perhaps the gov wasn't able to ascertain the imminent foreclosure of the shipyard due to Turnbull's fucked up internet?