ASC not so bad off...plenty of work for years

ASC has plenty of work for years, which goes against some of the doom and gloom stated for some time now, reports The Australian.

GOVERNMENT shipbuilder ASC says it has “enough work” for 20 years, undermining claims that thousands of naval jobs are at risk if the next fleet of submarines is not built in Australia.

As the potential purchase of Japanese submarines continues to stoke a political furore about widespread job losses, ASC’s acting chief executive Stuart Whiley has told parliament ASC workers are better off than many.

He rejected suggestions from Labor senator Sam Dastyari that the uncertainty about the multi-billion-dollar submarine project was having a “human impact” on the shipyard’s workforce.

“We have certainty in ASC,” Mr Whiley said.

“We have enough work for … 10 years (at ASC North shipyard), and inside the company for at least 20 years to support ­Collins.

“In terms of certainty, we are probably better off than most ­companies in the country at the moment.”

That last bit: certainly "better off" with a taxpayer-funded Soviet defence management model. Nice work if you can get it. After Abbott won the election in 2013, a losing Liberal Party member was given a job in ASC...with no real qualifications. Again, nice work if you can get it.

Nepotism

Also toward the end of the article, some back and forth...

Mr Whiley was also asked about ASC’s reaction to former defence minister David Johnston’s remarks late last year that it could not be trusted “to build a canoe”.

“It was water off a duck’s back,” he said.

“We got on with our jobs.”

My response would be, "Johnston is no longer working in that capacity. Someone in your position may want to ask why that is."



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