Contact: Matt Hobbs, MTAA CEO
Email:     matt.hobbs@mtaa.com.au
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  • MTAA Super Merger

    MTAA Super Merger

    On 1 April 2021, MTAA Super and Tasplan merged to become Spirit Super. Requests for information regarding MTAA superannuation should be made directly to Spirit Super on 1800 005 166 or by visiting their website below.

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  • Mobility inspired by sustainability

    Mobility inspired by sustainability

    The Automotive Industry’s agreed positions to achieve the orderly transition to the electrification of Australia’s future mobility and transport.

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  • Automotive organisations reach a historic agreement on national fleet transition

    Automotive organisations reach a historic agreement on national fleet transition

    Australia's peak National, State and Territory automotive representative organisations have reached a historic agreement at an Industry Summit on critical positions and pathways...

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  • A new era for motor vehicle service and repair choice

    A new era for motor vehicle service and repair choice

    World-leading legislation to mandate the provision of motor vehicle service and repair information to Australian automotive repairers passed the Senate today, paving the way for increased consumer choice and competition from 1 July 2022.

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  • Directions in Australia’s Automotive Industry - An Industry Report 2021

    Directions in Australia’s Automotive Industry - An Industry Report 2021

    The Motor Trades Association of Australia along with its State and Territory Associations, have developed and released an industry report into Australia’s automotive industry.

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Summit

 

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This Communiqué contains broadly agreed principles, recommendations on critical issues and suggested actions resulting from input and discussion by the participants as a whole. It fulfils the second objective of the Summit. These have been organised across the seven emerging key themes that the industry has determined will play a significant role in determining what the industry looks like in Australia in the future, and how developments will influence productivity, business operations, employment, skills, and other parts of the economy. Implementing the actions arising from the Communiqué fulfils the third objective of the Summit.

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Richard Dudley thanked the speakers, panellists and audience for their participation across the Summit. The Summit had achieved its objective of bringing the Sector together and to identify that there is a universal agreement across the sector for urgent work to be done.

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Mr Pesce stressed that misfortune shaped opportunities.

While we are seeing the end of automobile manufacturing in Australia, the country still had an incredibly dynamic motor vehicle market. As manufacturers depart they leave a vacuum of both market and policy. It is becoming clear that there had never been anything like a holistic approach to the sector.

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The final panel session was comprised of Ian Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, AutoCRC, Gavin Smith, President, Robert Bosch Australia, Len Piro, CEO South Australian Automotive Transformation Taskforce, Susan Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligent Transport Systems Australia, Mark Pesce, Futurist.

The panel focused primarily on what the automotive industry might look like in 2030 and how new technology and advances in manufacturing and engineering were shaping the future of the automotive industry. With a more technology focused supply chain, repair and services skills would have to be reassessed to accommodate these changes.

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Mr Len Piro CEO of the South Australian Automotive Transformation Taskforce looked at the current automotive landscape and spoke of how his Taskforce had been addressing the issues facing the industry in South Australia.

‘The task force is training workers by helping them to upskill, re-skill and diversify. The governments Industry Growth Fund has been utilised to help with these transitions.

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Press Releases

Apprenticeship program changes the right step in creating a future EV workforce

MTAA welcomes changes made to the New Energy Apprenticeship Program announced today by the Australian Government.

The expansion of the program will encourage more apprentices to consider the dynamic automotive sector as their preferred career choice and enter a profession at the forefront of Australia’s shift to clean energy; servicing and supporting the country’s growing electric vehicle (EV) fleet.

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Changes to apprentice incentives threaten pipeline of automotive talent

The Australian automotive industry continues to suffer from an acute and extended skills shortage. Attracting more apprentices to the sector will reverse the trend yet moves to reduce incentives could stifle apprenticeship numbers.
Lodged today, the MTAA submission to the Australian Government’s Strategic Review of the Australian Apprenticeship Incentive System raises the alarm on changes to apprentice incentives and calls for greater support.

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Code Review Committee makes strides

The Motor Vehicle Insurance and Repair Industry (MVIRI) Code Administration Committee (CAC) has met significant milestones as it continues its work to review the MVIRI Code of Conduct (Code) in response to the
independent review conducted by Dr Michael Schaper.

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