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Inquiry into the state of Australia's manufactured export and import competing base now and beyond the resources boom

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Report

On Monday 13 August 2007, the House Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration tabled its report on the inquiry into Inquiry into the state of Australia's manufactured export and import competing base now and beyond the resources boom entitled Australian manufacturing: today and tomorrow.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 9 chapters and 8 appendices.

Australian manufacturing: today and tomorrow

Preliminary pages (PDF 134KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 75KB)
Introduction

Chapter 2 (PDF 105KB)
Australia’s manufacturing sector and the resources boom

Chapter 3 (PDF 204KB)
The role of government in the manufacturing sector

Chapter 4 (PDF 202KB)
Manufacturing strategies — mixing the old with the new

Chapter 5 (PDF 136KB)
Developing and funding emerging manufacturing

Chapter 6 (PDF 158KB)
Manufacturing careers and training

Chapter 7 (PDF 128KB)
Developing and funding emerging manufacturing

Chapter 8 (PDF 172KB)
Innovation and research and development

Chapter 9 (PDF 108KB)
Government assistance to manufacturing

Appendix A (PDF 50KB)
Submissions

Appendix B (PDF 86KB)
Exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 41KB)
Hearings and witnesses

Appendix D (PDF 41KB)
Government support for the manufacturing industry

Appendix E (PDF 41KB)
Manufacturing sector Action Agendas

Appendix F (PDF 82KB)
Comparison of other countries’ manufacturing policies

Appendix G (PDF 84KB)
Overview of the Industry Statement 2007

Appendix H (PDF 75KB)
National assistance organisations

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