http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tony-white/ Tony White has worked for Federal and State government MPs, premiers and ministers as an adviser or Chief of Staff. As an adviser to Victorian manufacturing ministers he worked on the investment attraction packages that secured the local production of Ford Territory, the Holden V6 and the latest model Camry. He currently works as a strategic communications consultant to government and the private sector. In his spare time Tony works as a military public affairs specialist with the Australian Defence Force, plays bad cricket, surfs well enough not to drown and lives with his family on the Victorian west coast. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-bloody-good-reason-to-subsidise-car-making/ The announcement by Toyota of several hundred job losses this week is certainly alarming and it will have had and will continue to have ramifications for the broader industry. But it will only mark the end of the industry if we as a society say we don’t want manufacturing and we are happy to simply be China’s quarry and maybe a second tier tourist destination. In all the hyperbole and wild statements we hear about our mining industry, we rarely hear some of the uncomfortable truths. That it’s only 9 per cent of the economy, that it is the cause of the high Australian dollar which is putting pressure on our manufacturers and farmers, and that, at its best, it really only represents the highest aspirations of the average third world dictator. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tony White) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-bloody-good-reason-to-subsidise-car-making/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-bloody-good-reason-to-subsidise-car-making/#item7659 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:40:24 +0000 Tony White | Author bios | The Punch