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AUTO
Describing some of the issues that
the MTAA takes up with the govern-
ment, Richard Dudley says, “The key
issues that we look at include com-
petition and taxation policy. In ad-
dition to that, there are issues that
crop up from time to time, particu-
larly in regulation standards.
“A recent example of this are the
government investigations into
whether it should relax the restric-
tions on parallel imports of motor
vehicles. Clearly that is of significant
interest to various sectors and con-
sumers.
“So we gather the information and
technical input from our members
and their business constituents and
then form a view which is then ex-
pressed on to the government as it
considers an issue.”
Change in the automotive
industry
The Australian automotive indus-
try is undergoing sweeping changes.
A stark illustration of this is the clo-
sure of domestic car manufacturers
Toyota, Holden and Ford in Australia
by 2017.
These changes will affect the com-
munities where these companies
and their supplier companies have
operated for many years and also
result in the automotive industry
undergoing a fundamental shift. In
a marked departure from the past,
the industry will have to rely almost