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Originally Posted by borough
John Howard threw the Australian car industry under the bus with the Thailand FTA.
For the Falcon/Territory the GFC and OneFord really spelt the end.
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Started with the Button Plan enforced by Keating, the first FTA and cuts in tariffs in 1985.
Even Keating in his autobiography says he was proud of what he did to the Australian Automotive Industry and had he remained PM for another term, he would have got rid of all subsidies.
The hard part is, the unions backed the Button plan and the tariff cuts.