What is it about?
Local manufacturers have closed factories and retrenched workers amidst increasing global competition, leading to government procurement assistance in Victoria, Australia. This study examines the creation of a local procurement law to support jobs and identifies drivers of significant policy changes. It finds that increasing import competition and offshoring of manufacturing jobs, and change in government drive significant procurement policy changes in Victoria. In addition, actors, embedded in the procurement policymaking process, collaborate to achieve their separate objectives under the umbrella of public interest.
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Why is it important?
It provides a good understanding of the development of a local content law/policy and the key actors involved in the procurement policymaking process.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. The documents used in data analysis where painstakingly collected over 4 years. I had to keep up with various events in the local industry to understand the Local Jobs First Policy and key stakeholders involved.
Chigozie Ndukwe
La Trobe University
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This page is a summary of: Economic nationalism in public procurement: Responding to globalisation through the local jobs first policy in Victoria, Journal of Public Procurement, May 2025, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jopp-07-2024-0076.
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