Toyota to close Victorian factory

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Episode Synopsis

We discuss Toyota's decision to close its Victorian assembly plant in 2017 – marking the end of car assembly in Australia. Interviews about job losses, government subsidies, allegations of Toyota's international union-busting and more, with Nixon Apple (former AMWU economist), Andrew Beer (Adelaide University), Jiselle Hanna (Australia Asia Worker Links) and Anita Chan (University of Technology Sydney).