Robert Conlon and John Perkins
Ashgate
Hardback
190
2001
The emergence and development of automobile production in Australia was a long drawn out and costly business for car buyers and taxpayers. Throughout the twentieth century to foster and preserve a local industry Australian governments implemented a range of protective measures which was quite extraordinary. Tariffs (the enduring measure) quantitative restrictions local content schemes market-sharing arrangements subsidies of various types the granting of monopoly production rights and even outright import prohibitions all were tried at various times.