Tag: Automotive Transformation Scheme
Holden to end car production in Australia in October
Holden has set an official date for the end of its manufacturing operations in Australia.
The carmaker, which announced its intention to close shop back...
Radical change in approach needed to save Australia’s car sector, says Senator Xenophon
The Federal Government must free up the $700 million Automotive Transformation Scheme (ATM) to “revive car manufacturing in Australia post 2017”, said independent Senator...
Auto component manufacturers call for ATS reforms
Industry and union representatives have told a senate inquiry that the Automotive Transformation Scheme needs to be reformed to expend illegibility in order to...
SA Government expands auto industry support programs
The South Australian Government has adjusted two important assistance programs for the state’s automotive supply chain sector to become available to a broader spectrum...
AMWU bemoans Holden’s forced redundancies in Australia
Holden’s decision to impose forced redundancies on its workers after failing to attract sufficient volunteers for its latest round of 270 layoffs at its...
ATS retention great news for the automotive industry, Victoria’s peak automotive industry body says
VACC, Victoria’s premium association for employers and business people in the motor industry, has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement to maintain the Automotive Transformation...
Ai Group welcomes Government’s retreat on ATS cuts
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to abandon plans to cut $500 million from the Automotive Transformation Scheme (ATS),...
Cutting Automotive Scheme will instigate “an avalanche of job losses” in SA, State Senator...
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has warned that tens of thousands of jobs will be lost if the Federal Government proceeds with plans to...
Senate to block automotive industry cuts
Labor and the crossbench will block cuts to the Automotive Transformation Scheme (ATS), fearing that the federal budget savings could spark thousands of job...
SA manufacturers look to make up lost ground through China trade agreement
South Australia Minister for Manufacturing and Industry Susan Close encouraged State’s exporters to look at ways to benefit from improved access to China’s market...
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