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Why staying in a dying industry may be the right choice...
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Why staying in a dying industry may be the right choice...

At the moment, talk of a ‘new economy’ is spearheading the economic narrative from the government. Economic progress, we’re told, relies more than ever on ensuring the population has the right skills for the jobs of the future. But the right skills are often not the ones people imagine
Oct 5, 2016 5 min read
Australia's automotive fallout
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Australia's automotive fallout

Following recent announcements by Toyota and Holden that they will be closing their Australian automotive plants by 2017, ESSA has gone off to explore the data behind the local car industry and present some facts and figures for our readers. People are not buying Australian-made cars because they don’t
Feb 26, 2014
Planning for a Soft Landing
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Planning for a Soft Landing

Like most debates that enter the political sphere, the discussion around the demise of the Australian car manufacturing industry is plagued by emotionally charged falsehoods, meaningless rhetoric and ideological blinkers. A more impartial analysis suggests that while there is a case to be made for the free market to take
Jun 3, 2013 4 min read
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