Five Point Plan to Promote the Australian Automobile Manufacturing Industry

Posted by Chief Blogger – 27 August, 2011

  1. Give owners of Australian built cars discount registration,
  2. Allow the owners of Australian, post-2008 built cars, to travel 130 km/h on dual freeways,
  3. Provide funding for an automobile R&D centre of excellence made up of local industry, local universities and the CSIRO, to focus on the engineering challenges of meeting EU environmental standards and other government regulations,
  4. Provide tax-credits for new automobile manufacturing investment, and
  5. Relax immigration restrictions for persons that have expertise in automobile R&D and manufacturing.

These simple steps would be supported by four broader reforms:

  1. Drop the corporate tax rate for local manufacturing to 10 per cent,
  2. Abolish payroll tax,
  3. Do not introduce a Co2 tax, and
  4. Abolish current IR laws, including unfair dismissal and collective bargaining and implement ‘employer at will’ arrangements.

Thoughts?

  • Jeremy Marshall

    I completely agree.  Although I believe that the ‘employer at will’ arrangements are excellent, I’m not sure they would go down well in Australia post-work choices…

  • Craig y

    Interesting idea’s however i believe if implimented Australian manufacturers would need to show a marked increase in Australian made parts for their cars to qualify. I know Holden Ford and Toyota import a lot of content for its cars made here.