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6 - Enthusiastic Adopters: Growth and Change in the Australian Car Market
John Wormald, Kim Rennick
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National Policy, Global Giants

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14 December 2019

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02 January 2020, pp 150-182
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The story of the Australian light vehicle industry from the very first developments before World War I, through the era of importing vehicles, the imposition of import controls, the decision to create a fully fledged automotive industry, its growth, decline and end, as it lost control of its domestic market and never achieved sufficient export volumes in compensation. The principal reason for its demise is identified as lack of sufficient scale, compared to the global giants, rather than external factors such as labour costs. The impact of its going on the balance of trade and employment is identified as relatively modest. Some unrealistic proposals for reviving it are dismissed.

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