Malaysian experience suggests Victoria will incur debt, gain no jobs, as a result of Andrews Govt Belt&Road debt deal-Andrew Robb's ChAFTA exemption for Chinese workers on Chinese projects will be to blame

by Ganesh Sahathevan

Mr Andrews said the deal was all about growing jobs.(Supplied: Chinese Embassy)

Malaysians will find this statement by the Premier Of Victoria, Daniel Andrews familiar:
"I'm not going to apologise for a (Belt&Road) trade policy that is all about growing Victorian jobs."

These were of course the type of words that former PM Najib Razak relied on when trying to justify his China backed East Coast Rail Link project, which Malaysians later discovered was nothing more than a cover-up for the 1MDB theft.

Malaysians were to also discover that the project would not create jobs for locals; Chinese labour was to be used because of apparent language requirements. 

Australian workers are not protected from an onslaught of Chinese workers. Andrew Robb's ChAFTA only requires that employers make "genuine efforts" to seek local workers.

In short, Victorians  can look forward to higher debt, and a few if any new jobs once the Andrews Government finalises its Belt&Road deal.

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