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It’s not easy being green
As Kermit the Frog famously sang “It’s not easy being green”.
Subsidies
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Taxpayers pay billions for Govt’s car trip
The Commonwealth’s car plan was built around three policy objectives: to strengthen Australia’s industrial base, help the environment, and support jobs.
The Australian
Goodbye GM, hello Rudd Car
Committing $100,000 of taxpayer money to saving each job in the car industry was already a prodigious waste of money but this will look cheap compared with the cost of nationalising Holden.
Research reports
With No Particular Place to Go: The Federal Government’s Ill-Conceived Support for the Australian Car Industry
A strong car industry would be an asset to the Australian economy only if it stood on its own two feet.
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Time to stand up to Detroit
It is time our politicians stand up to the highway robbers of General Motors and protect Australian taxpayers.