Labor’s jobs package provides its future direction for industry for the first time; but can it deliver, and more importantly, will it survive political opposition?
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Labor has finally delivered the detail of its much-awaited vision for shaping Australian industry beyond the mining boom.
But will it deliver? In a two part series, UWA Professor Tim Mazzarol examines…
A behind-the-scenes subsidy is likely to stick around longer than a cash subsidy.
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The sudden cessation of the Federal Government’s subsidies to solar hot water installations illustrates why subsidy-seekers mostly prefer industry assistance to come in hidden forms, rather than cash…
Australia needs to have a serious and healthy debate on what the “Australian made” brand represents.
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Reports suggesting Holden is considering phasing out major parts of the manufacturing chain for the iconic Commodore points to a worrying trend of off-shoring the very skills manufacturing needs in order…
Is the family car of our imagination the family car of the future?
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Over the past ten years, total vehicle sales in Australia have increased by roughly 35%. But sales of the once-most-popular cars, the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon, have halved.
This fall in sales…
BlueScope has fallen victim to a changing export market, high Australian dollar and gradual structural shift to free trade policies.
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Once upon a time, 30 years ago, when we still thought the steel industry was an endless and bottomless well for economic growth and employment, many of us also believed in industry policy, corporate responsibility…
