Saturday, April 02, 2005

Boeing gets right to discriminate in Australia

The defence contractor Boeing employs more than 2,500 people in places around Australia. But today there are concerns about the job security of some of them after New South Wales joined Victoria and Queensland in granting the company the right to discriminate against employees whose nationalities don't meet US security requirements.

Boeing said it needed an exemption from the Anti-Discrimination Act to hold onto a multi-million dollar US defence contract.

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