Aluminium sector warns of job losses after govt declines request for safeguards

Our local aluminium sector says it's been left with no protection from a flood of cheaper imports from China. 

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Cameron Brewer has declined a request for safeguard measures to protect them. 

Production has slowed down 40 percent in this country, and the sector says thousands of jobs in manufacturing and downstream businesses are at risk. 

Etū National Secretary Rachel Mackintosh shares her thoughts with Andrew Dickens.