Former federal minister Greg Combet has accepted a job lobbying for Victoria’s defence industry as the state awaits news on the Land 400 program contract.
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Combet quits as chair of SA Automotive Transformation Taskforce
Former federal MP Greg Combet has quit his role as chair of the South Australian Automotive Transformation Taskforce after two-and-a-half years to work as a defence industry lobbyist.
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Abbott government gives Manufacturing Leaders Group the chop
The former government’s Manufacturing Leaders Group has been abolished.
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Alcoa 2012 bailout made to buy time for former government: Kennett
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has said the former federal government’s 2012 cash injection to attempt to save the Alcoa Point Henry smelter was merely about trying to “save face”.
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Combet to head SA response to Holden departure
Former federal minister Greg Combet has been appointed by the South Australian government to help plan a response to Holden’s departure in 2017.
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Combet appointed to SA Advanced Manufacturing Council
Former federal industry minister and ACTU leader Greg Combet has been appointed to the South Australia Advanced Manufacturing Council.
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Most Australians support car industry subsidies: poll
According to research conducted by Newspoll, a majority of Australians support government assistance to Australia’s car makers.
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Building critical mass – the new Manufacturing Innovation Precinct
The Manufacturing Innovation Precinct is beginning to come together, and is looking for those with a “can-do” attitude to help it be as useful to as many companies as possible. Brent Balinski talked to chairman Albert Goller about what’s behind the program.
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Combet resigns as industry minister
Federal industry minister Greg Combet has resigned from his portfolio, citing his support for former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who was beaten in a caucus ballot last night.
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Manufacturing to be hot federal election issue
The automotive sector’s difficulties have meant that manufacturing policies are a prominent election topic this year.
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Manufacturing Precinct board holds first meeting
The board of the Manufacturing Precinct met for the first time on Thursday ahead of next month’s commencement.
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Coalition rejects Holden request for more assistance
The Coalition has rejected Holden’s request for more assistance after the car maker said over the weekend that it would stop manufacturing in Australia without more support.
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High levels of assistance to auto industry revealed
The effective rate of government assistance to the motor vehicles industry is around 9 per cent, while the rate for manufacturing in general is around 4 per cent.
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Coalition would kill car industry “stone dead”: Combet
Industry minister Greg Combet has defended the level of government support given to automotive makers in Australia, claiming that a Coalition government would cut funding.
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Federal government car summit to be held today
A summit involving the federal government and representatives for Australia’s three car manufacturers is being held today in Melbourne, in response to Ford’s decision to stop making cars in the country in 2016.
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Car manufacturing to remain in Australia: Emerson
Trade minister Craig Emerson has said that Australia would continue to make cars, after Ford’s announcement last week that it would end local production in 2016.
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Government fund accused of failing laid off BlueScope workers
The Illawarra Region Innovation and Investment Fund, budgeted at $300 million and designed in response to 800 redundancies at BlueScope’s operations in Port Kembla, has been called a failure by some that it was designed to assist.
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Support us and support 200,000 jobs: Toyota, Holden and Ford to government
The three car makers operating in Australia, Holden, Toyota and Ford, have defended the level of government assistance they receive and said that their sector helps employ a huge number of local jobs.
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Carbon tax blamed for record insolvencies
ASIC data has shown company insolvencies for the last 12 months at record highs, with the carbon tax blamed by some for contributing to the number.
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Federal government announces manufacturing innovation precinct
Cuts to R&D tax credits to some of Australia’s biggest companies will fund a network of innovation precincts, the first of which will be dedicated to manufacturing.
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