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 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.
30 January 2018, the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) Limited and its affiliated organisation, the Australian Motor Body Repairers Association (AMBRA), launched a new cost calculator tool that will assist motor body repair businesses transparently identify their costs and a charge out hourly rate for their business.
The cost calculator can be accessed through the business assistance section on the Australian Motor Body Repairers Association (AMBRA) website.
