The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) represents many of the 69,365 retail motor trades businesses which employ over 379,365 Australians and contributed $37.1 billion to the Australian economy in 2017/18; which equates to 2.2% of Australia’s GDP.
The MTAA has held a series of meetings with the leadership of the Labor Party including Shadow Cabinet Ministers, Ministers Assisting and Parliamentarians during the ALP National Conference in Adelaide this week.
The MTAA has held a series of meetings in a concentrated drive to cement requirements on key member issues with the Prime Minister, Cabinet, Government Ministers, key staff and advisers in the lead up to the final sittings of Parliament for 2018.
MTAA discussions centred on automotive skills shortages; increased and target funding for automotive training and skills development; retention and ongoing funding of mentoring program; small business matters including the recently announced
MTAA attended the annual TIO MTA-NT Apprentice of the Year Awards at Parliament House, Darwin today Friday 9 November 2018. CEO Richard Dudley on behalf of MTAA Members gave a short presentation before joining with the Deputy President of MTA-NT, Guido Merlo to present the MTA-NT President’s Award to Joel Bradford. More than 200 guests, apprenctices and their families and friends attended the awards night where retiring Supercar driver Craig Lowndes, was guest speaker.
