Counterpoint

What is to be done about our automotive industry? The industry review, commissioned by the federal government and headed by Steve Bracks, delivers its report this week. A Productivity Commission report, released in June, said that reducing tariffs would produce significant gains for the economy.
But a Lateral Economics modelling project with Monash University suggests that the benefits from earlier tariff cuts would not be repeated.

Guests

Nicholas Gruen
CEO Lateral Economics

Further Information

Should we cut automotive tariffs ?

Presenter

Paul Comrie-Thomson

Producer

Ian Coombe

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