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Chairman and Managing Director of GM Holden, Mike Devereux, has confirmed the company will cease making cars here by 2017. Julian Smith/AAP

Holden to cease making cars in Australia by 2017: experts react

Paul Gollan, Macquarie University; Hamza Bendemra, Australian National University; Henry Ergas, University of Wollongong; Liz van Acker, Griffith University; Nick Economou, Monash University, and Phillip Toner, University of Sydney

General Motors Holden has confirmed speculation it will withdraw from car production in Australia by the end of 2017. The announcement by Holden comes after days of sustained public speculation and calls…
Industry minister Ian Macfarlane will want to avoid the demise of the car industry under his watch. AAP

Mixed messages: cars, the ‘problem child’ for the Industry Minister

Liz van Acker, Griffith University

The Tony Abbott government has inherited the ongoing problems of the car industry which Australian governments have attempted to address for decades. It is caught between economic liberal critics of industry…
Instead of relying on unconditional government largess, car companies in Australia should be asked to provide guarantees. AAP

Moving the car industry debate beyond a squabble over subsidies

Liz van Acker, Griffith University

A famous quote from Albert Einstein states that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Yet this is exactly what has occurred in the car industry which has…

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