This paper introduces the Productivity Commission's inquiry into public support for Australia’s automotive manufacturing industry, including motor vehicle and automotive component production, and invites readers to make submissions. It contains and outlines: the scope of the Review the Commission’s procedures matters about which the Commission is seeking comment and information, and how to make a...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia's assistance to the car manufacturing industry is one of the lowest in the world. He claims car industry assistance is $18 per head per year in Australia, $90 in the United States and $96 in Germany.

This article argues that the government subsidisation and protection of the car industry is widely recognised as a policy failure.

Since the Electric Vehicle trial commenced in October 2010, more than 3,500 people have subscribed to the EV newsletter, 139 charging outlets have been installed across metro Melbourne, and EVs involved in the trial have travelled more than 300,000 kilometres. The report captures the involvement of more than 80 organisations, 120 Victorian households and around...

Road crashes impose large costs on society and substantial investments are made in infrastructure and safety programs to reduce road trauma. This report presents new estimates of the cost of road crashes for 2006. The cost of road crashes is important to the safety debate in Australia, and the unit values particularly for a fatality...