Automotive industry
Industry Commission Inquiry report
The Industry Commission Inquiry Report, The Automotive Industry, was signed on 26 May 1997 and released by the Commonwealth Government in two volumes, Volume 1: The Report and Volume 2: Appendices. The report contains the findings of the inquiry into the automotive industry which commenced on 4 August 1996.
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Volume 1 - The Automotive Industry (PDF 1.6 MB)Contents
Volume 1
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Signing Page, Disclosure of Interests, Contents, Abbreviations, Terms of Reference, Overview, Recommendations and Findings, Minority Recommendations and Findings
- 1 The Inquiry
- 1.1 Government assistance to the automotive industry
- 1.2 Terms of reference
- 1.3 Australia's automotive industry
- 1.4 Inquiry participation
- 1.5 The Commission's approach
- 1.6 Scope of the inquiry
- 1.7 Report structure
- 2 The Industry in a Global Context
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Worldwide automotive production and sales
- 2.3 Emerging manufacturers and markets
- 2.4 Globalisation
- 2.5 Implications for the Australian industry
- 3 The Australian Automotive Industry - Structure and Markets
- 3.1 Scope of the Australian automotive industry
- 3.2 The motor vehicle stock in Australia
- 3.3 Automotive components in Australia
- 3.4 International automotive trade
- 3.5 Australian automotive services industry
- 3.6 Summary
- 4 The Performance of the Australian Automotive Industry
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Productivity
- 4.3 Other measures of performance in the automotive industry
- 4.4 Factors affecting the performance of the Australian automotive industry
- 4.5 Industry linkages
- 4.6 Summary
- 5 Taxation
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Participants' views
- 5.3 Taxation of the automotive industry
- 5.4 Economic welfare, taxation and the automotive industry
- 5.5 The case for broad ranging tax reform
- 5.6 Taxation and Tariff Reform
- 6 Microeconomic Reform and the Automotive Industry
- 6.1 Reforms to the industry operating environment
- 6.2 Tariff reductions
- 6.3 Labour markets and workplace reform
- 6.4 Economic infrastructure and government regulation
- 6.5 The task ahead
- 6.6 Linking tariff reductions to microeconomic reform
- 7 International Trade Issues
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Issues in world trade
- 7.3 Trade in automotive products
- 7.4 Restrictions on automotive trade
- 7.5 Factors affecting Australia's access to automotive markets
- 7.6 Policy issues
- 8 Current Assistance Arrangements
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Industry specific assistance
- 8.3 General industry programs
- 8.4 State Government assistance
- 8.5 Levels of assistance
- 8.6 Impact of assistance
- 8.7 Impact of changing assistance
- 9 Environment and Safety Regulation
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Current safety and environmental regulation framework
- 9.3 Environmental issues
- 9.4 Alternative environmental policy measures
- 9.5 Safety issues
- 9.6 Using environment and safety regulation to stimulate vehicle demand
- 9.7 Summary
- 10 Potential for Further Development of the Automotive Industry
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Product and market developments
- 10.3 Role of industry in further development
- 10.4 The role of governments in further development
- 10.5 Australia as an investment location
- 10.6 Summary
- 11 Conclusions
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Current assistance arrangements
- 11.3 Should the automotive industry receive preferential treatment?
- 11.4 Arguments for suspending or phasing further tariff cuts
- 11.5 The Commission's recommendations on assistance after 2000
- 11.6 Tariffs on micro/light passenger motor vehicles
- 11.7 Tariffs on four wheel drives
- 11.8 Fifteen per cent automatic duty free entitlement
- 11.9 Export facilitation scheme
- 11.10 A production bounty
- 12 Adjustment and Regional Issues
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Change and adjustment in the automotive industry
- 12.3 Regional adjustment issues
- 12.4 General labour market adjustment issues
- 12.5 Labour market programs
- 12.6 Assessment
- Minority Report
- References
