South Australian premier blames Coalition government for Holden ending local manufacturing

Posted on 24 Oct 2017 by Aiden Burgess

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has blamed the federal Coalition in 2013 for ignoring Holden’s offer to remain based in Australia, which led to the end of Australia’s car manufacturing industry just four years later.

The last Holden car to be manufactured in Australia rolls of the production line. Image courtesy of Holden In the wake of last week’s closure of Holden’s South-Australian-based factory, Mr Weatherill said the Coalition-government led by the then Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, had made a mistake in not maintaining Holden, consequently…

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