Domestic Manufacturing Requirements for Commonwealth Project Tenders
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Local Industry Preference) Bill 2026
Independent Bill1st House
2nd House
Law
Introduced by: Dai Le (IND)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Commonwealth procurement must support Australian industry capability; it must support sovereign resilience and local manufacturing jobs.
Tenders for specified Commonwealth projects must give domestic manufacturers opportunities to be considered before non-domestic manufacturers.
At least 30% of the total value of goods used in specified Commonwealth projects must be domestically manufactured products.
Rules for these domestic requirements must include limited and transparent exemptions.
Topics
domestic manufacturing government procurement industry capability local jobs sovereign resilience