Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Background to the inquiry

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 67, 24 November 2014, pp. 1823–24.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 67, 24 November 2014, pp. 1823–24.

[3]        Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions], November 2014, p. 28.

[4]        See Productivity Commission, Australia's Automotive Manufacturing Industry, Inquiry Report No. 70, 31 March 2014, pp. 2–3 and Department of Science and Industry website, 'Automotive', http://www.industry.gov.au/industry/IndustrySectors/automotive/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 13 August 2015).

Chapter 2 - Automotive manufacturing and government support

[1]        Supplementary Submission 9, p. 5.

[2]        Australian Motor Trades Association and Australian Motor Industry Federation, Answers to Questions on Notice No. 5, p. [10].

[3]        Submission 17, p. 10.

[4]        There are approximately 260 members of the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association and there is an additional, but unquantified, number of businesses that provider original equipment solely to vehicle manufacturers. Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 20.

[5]        Department of Industry and Science, 'Automotive Industry Data Card: June 2014 Automotive Update', http://industry.gov.au/industry/IndustrySectors/automotive/Statistics/Pages/automotivedatacard.aspx (accessed 17 August 2015).

[6]        Department of Industry and Science, 'Automotive Industry Data Card: June 2014 Automotive Update', http://industry.gov.au/industry/IndustrySectors/automotive/Statistics/Pages/automotivedatacard.aspx (accessed 17 August 2015).

[7]        Productivity Commission, Review of Automotive Assistance, Inquiry Report No. 25, August 2002, p. 277.

[8]        Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Report by the Allen Consulting Group, Submission 9.1, p. 34.

[9]        Australian National Audit Office, Administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme, Audit Report No. 19, 2007–08, p. 13.

[10]      Productivity Commission, Australia's Automotive Manufacturing Industry, Inquiry Report No. 70, 31 March 2014, p. 109.

[11]      Australian National Audit Office, Administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme, Audit Report No. 19, 2007–08, p. 14.

[12]      The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, 'A New Car Plan for a Greener Future', Media release, 10 November 2008.

[13]      The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, 'A New Car Plan for a Greener Future', Media release, 10 November 2008.

[14]      The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Senator the Hon. Kim Carr Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, 'A New Car Plan for a Greener Future', Media release, 10 November 2008; the Department of Industry and Science, Submission 16, p. 35.

[15]      Department of Industry, ATS Fact Sheet, http://www.business.gov.au/grants-and-assistance/manufacturing/ats/Pages/Fact-Sheet.aspx (accessed 5 March 2015).

[16]      Productivity Commission, Australia's Automotive Manufacturing Industry, Inquiry Report No. 70, 31 March 2014, p. 132.

[17]      Productivity Commission, Australia's Automotive Manufacturing Industry, Inquiry Report No. 70, 31 March 2014, p. 132.

[18]      Automotive Transformation Scheme Regulations 2010, Regulation 3.10.

[19]      Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, the Hon. David Hodgett, MP, Victorian Minister for Manufacturing and the Hon. Tom Kenyon, MP, South Australian Minister for Manufacturing, 'Helping auto suppliers diversify and thrive', Media release, 5 August 2013.

[20]      The Hon. Greg Combet AM, MP, Minister for Industry and Innovation, the Hon. Richard Dalla‑Riva, MP, Victorian Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, and the Hon. Jack Snelling, MP, South Australian Acting Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade, 'Creating new opportunities for auto suppliers', Media release GC 225/12, 8 August 2012.

[21]      The Hon. Greg Combet AM, MP, Minister for Industry and Innovation, the Hon. Richard Dalla‑Riva, MP, Victorian Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, and the Hon. Jack Snelling, MP, South Australian Acting Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade, 'Creating new opportunities for auto suppliers', Media release GC 225/12, 8 August 2012.

[22]      Department of Industry and Science, Submission 16, pp. 12–13.

[23]      The Hon. Ian MacFarlane, MP, Minister for Industry, '$155 million growth fund to drive state's future growth', Media release, 6 May 2014.

[24]      Nissan Casting Australia announces it will continue making parts for Nissan Leaf and other models beyond 2020, news.com.au, 21 April 2015, http://www.news.com.au/finance/business /nissan-casting-australia-announces-it-will-continue-making-parts-for-nissan-leaf-and-other-models-beyond-2020/story-fnkgdhrc-1227313469385 (accessed 23 April 2015).

[25]      Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, Supplementary Submission 5, p. 3.

[26]      Component manufacturers are often described in terms of tiers, with tier 1 suppliers supplying directly to the producers, tier 2 suppliers supplying tier 1 suppliers and so on. Component manufacturers can be a tier 1 supplier for one producer but also a tier 2 supplier for another.

[27]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 11.

[29]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[30]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[31]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 35.

Chapter 3 - Better supporting automotive manufacturing

[1]        AutoCRC, Automotive Australia 2020 Roadmap, http://www.autocrc.com/about/2020  (accessed 17 August 2015).

[2]        Submission 17, p. 9.

[3]        Submission 9, p. 10.

[4]        Submission 17, p. 5.

[5]        Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Supplementary Submission 9, pp. 2–3.

[6]        Submission 5, p. 3.

[7]        Submission 11, p. 4.

[8]        Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, Submission 5, pp. 6–7.

[9]        Motor Trades Association of Australia and Australian Motor Industry Federation, Submission 30, p. 10.

[10]      Motor Trades Association of Australia and Australian Motor Industry Federation, Submission 30, pp. 11–12.

[11]      Submission 34, p. 1.

[12]      See, for example, Victorian Government, Submission 8; Toyota Australia, Submission 13.

[13]      Motor Trades Association of Australia and Australian Motor Industry Federation, Submission 30, p. 12.

[14]      Motor Trades Association of Australia and Australian Motor Industry Federation, Submission 30, pp. 24–25.

[15]      Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions], November 2014, p. 27.

[16]      Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014, Explanatory memorandum, p. [2].

[17]      'The Coalition is Committed to the Car Industry', Media Release, 13 June 2013, http://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2013/06/13/coalition-committed-car-industry (accessed 16 August 2015).

[18]      Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014, Explanatory memorandum, p. [2].

[19]      Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014 page, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5341 (accessed 16 August 2015).

[20]      Submission 17, p. 9.

[21]      Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2015–16, p. 128

[22]      Submission 31, p. 19.

[23]      Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers, Submission 11, p. 3.

[24]      Submission 11, p. 5.

[25]      Submission 17, p. 11.

[26]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 3.

[27]      Submission 11, p. 12.

[28]      Submission 11, pp. 13–14.

[29]      Submission 9, p. 11.

[30]      Submission 34, p. 2.

[31]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 3.

[32]      Submission 22, p. [2].

Australian Greens

[1]        Parliamentary Library, 'Labour Force Survey data', accessed 18 August 2015.

[2]        'Light vehicle emissions standards for Australia', Australian Government Climate Change Authority, 2014 http://www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/Node/265 (accessed 1 August 2015).

Additional Comments by Senator Nick Xenophon - Time to jump start the automotive sector

[1]        Federation of Automotive Product Manufacturers, Submission 17, p. 3.

[2]        Ms Bianco Barbaro, Mr John Spoehr & NIEIR, Closing the Motor Vehicle Industry: Impact on Australia, p. 3, http://apo.org.au/files/Resource/wiser_closing_the_motor_vehicle_industry_2014.pdf  (accessed 19 August 2015).

[3]        Federation of Automotive Product Manufacturers, Submission 17, p. 21.