Dr McGirr said the Keneally Government had assisted in providing incentives to composite manufacturer Quickstep Technologies so it could re-locate its operations from Perth to Sydney. Quickstep Technologies will supply aircraft components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and is establishing its facility at Bankstown Airport in Sydney creating up to 400 jobs and injecting $180 into the NSW economy.
“Why had we as a community not challenged this proposal……….the people of the electorate of Wagga Wagga are well aware of how the Keneally government has ‘talked the talk’ on decentralisation but for this electorate nothing has been forthcoming and worse still sadly even challenged... said Dr McGirr.
”This was the perfect opportunity for Daryl Maguire to push for Wagga to be a contender. At the very least a formal challenge could have been mounted.”
Kristine Keneally had claimed the location of Bankstown had a ready source of specialised personnel. Dr McGirr has refuted those claims as he noted Quickstep Technologies in a letter to shareholders in January indicated very clearly that they were offering massive incentives to their staff at their Perth facility to transfer to Sydney and that they fully expected to fill the 400 positions from Perth.
Dr McGirr said “We have the facilities at Forrest Hill and the necessary city infrastructure to support the development.”
“The boost to the Wagga economy would not only have brought up to 400 new workers and their families to our city but would have provided many new jobs during the development of the project”
Dr McGirr said it was another sad reflection where party politics was employed by the opposition – A case of we’d better not try because we are so close to the election – and, if we fail we’ll be embarrassed.
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