The review contains the Commission's latest quantitative estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry and documents the findings of the major reviews dealing with export assistance, innovation policy, and assistance to the automotive and the textiles, clothing and footwear sectors.  The review also look at developments in assistance in different sectors of the economy over the period November 2007 to April 2009, provides a stocktake of government measures introduced to reduce carbon emissions or assist firms in adjusting to a less carbon intensive economy, and examines recent international policy developments affecting Australia's trade.