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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the level of subsidies provided to automobile manufacturers in Australia is lower than in other countries ABC Fact Check found his claim is based on outdated figures that are not relevant to the current debate.
Recent announcements by Toyota and General Motors Holden they stop making cars in Australia in 2017, and Ford earlier decision to retire in 2016, led to a new debate on government subsidies to the auto industry.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the level of subsidies provided to automobile manufacturers in Australia is lower than in other countries.
Australia subsidizes its auto industry in the order of about 17, while the Germans do about 65 to 90, and Americans, 250, Mr Shorten told ABC TV's July 30 February 10.
ABC Checking the facts asked Mr Shorten where these figures came from his office he was drawing on the data in a report commissioned by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries the FCAI, the peak body of the automotive industry the report, prepared by Sapere research Group and published in January 2011, aid in relation to the automotive industry in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States in 2008-09.
Demand Bill Shorten said the level of subsidies provided to automobile manufacturers in Australia is lower than in other countries.
The verdict Mr Shorten demand based on outdated figures that are not relevant to the current debate.
He found Australia gave 573 3000000, who worked as US17 80 per capita - the lowest level of aid per capita among the seven countries Sweden gave the highest level of per capita support, the US334 18 Germany using per capita was 37 and US90 United States US264 82.
The period covered by the report meant that the results were affected by the global financial crisis.
The report said it should also be noted that 2008-09 was an extraordinary year for the international automotive industry with the US government essentially providing funds to recapitalize virtually the automotive industry during the global financial crisis.
The figure for the United States includes US81 3 billion committed by the US government set to bail out its auto industry to the global financial crisis in height, most of which has since been repaid.
At the same time, Germany has more than tripled to 5 billion euros a subsidy to encourage people to scrap their old cars and lent carmaker Opel May 1 billion as a rescue measure.
For Australia, the total subsidy used in the report was 3 million 573, this figure represents only direct budget aid provided for 2008-09, such as the automotive transformation plan excludes She tariff support.
The Productivity Commission has recently referred to the report FCAI in a position paper on the help of the auto industry published January 31 The Commission received a request consultancy Autopolis, which reviewed the report and FCAI argued that the change of aid so measured could produce considerable differences in the Autopolis said using measurement results per vehicle rather than per capita, Australia suggested by far the highest rate of help the countries studied.
The Commission has decided not to produce its own international comparison of aid to the auto industry, he said, must be supported when comparing the arrangements between countries.
In sum, as the series of international support measures is so varied in character, timing and transparency, the Commission does not consider it possible or desirable to attempt a comprehensive quantitative analysis of the levels of assistance comparative to the automotive industry in different countries, he said.
Mr Shorten draws on 2008-09 data contained in a report commissioned by an industry body The report notes that there were a number of extraordinary factors affecting the automotive industry at this time.
His claim is based on outdated figures that are not relevant to the current debate.
Note Editor February 13, 2014 Information audit has been updated to include a recent report by the Productivity Commission.
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