Who killed the car industry?
The end of of Australia's car manufacturing industry is approaching and it will be brutal. It is shaping as an extinction event of Australian jobs, an entire industry being wiped out.
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Lend Lease looks offshore for expansion
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Policy debate's death by 1000 lobbyists
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