VACC, the peak automotive industry body in Victoria, is challenging the legality of the Government’s retrospective application of the so-called “luxury car tax.”
VACC recently made written submissions on Luxury Car Tax (LCT) to both the Senate Economics Committee and the Review of Australia’s Automotive Industry by former Victoria State Premier, Steve Bracks.
VACC Executive Director, David [...]

Australia’s peak motoring body, the Australian Automobile Association, has called for uniform vehicle safety standards across Australia in light of a Victorian report calling for greater government involvement to improve vehicle safety.
The Australian Automobile Association and constituent motoring organisations believe there should be national standards for all Australian vehicles and called on the Federal Government [...]

Kevin Rudd is under intense pressure to ditch Steve Bracks’ recommendations after Ford confirmed up to 350 jobs would be axed and its Australian chief quit.
While the Government contemplates the results of the Bracks review, the industry is urging the Government to maintain protection and increase taxpayer support.
Just days after it was revealed that [...]

With the coalition committed to opposing the luxury car tax, it would seem that if the Government is to have any chance of passing the proposed tax increase, it will have to negotiate.
The Australian Greens says it will likely back the opposition by demanding the legislation to be withdrawn and redrafted.
The Greens want to [...]

Matt Hibble, winner of the SkillsOne Ultimate Apprentice Competition gives his perspective on his once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Day One - The start of my big adventure into the international racing world…
“I had so much running through my head… Going to the (Rockhampton) airport with my girlfriend I realized what was happening and it had finally sunk in i [...]

Toyota Australia has added more optional Toyota Genuine safety accessories to the range available on Camry, Aurion and Corolla.
Toyota Genuine ParkAssist clearance parking sensors are mounted left and right on the front bumper of the vehicle, with a similar set of four ParkAssistrear parking sensors mounted across the rear bumper.
The sensors can help make [...]

Motorists who fill their vehicles with the wrong fuel risk damage bills of $10,000 or more, the state’s peak motoring body warned today. RACQ vehicle technologies executive manager Steve Spalding says “misfuelling” incidents were on the increase in Queensland for both diesel and petrol-engined vehicles.
“It’s only too easy to pick up the wrong pump nozzle, [...]

Between 2000 and 2005 the total number of Automotive apprenticeship commencements increased by 205% across Australia. Trevor Ridley is one apprentice who joined the forces of apprentices entering the Industry in 2005, and he chats to SkillsOne about what’s involved in being an Automotive Mechanic.
Trevor Ridley is a fourth year Automotive Mechanic. Not unlike his [...]

VACC, the peak automotive industry body for Victoria, is calling on enforcement agencies to become proactive in the fight against backyard, unlicensed motor car traders. An estimated 3000 vehicles are stolen each year in Victoria and never recovered. Most are stripped down by unlicensed motor traders who on-sell and export the parts.
VACC Executive Director, David [...]

Pedestrian safety will be further improved in Australia when the new BMW 7 Series arrives next year.
BMW is the first car maker in the world to introduce a Night Vision system which can also detect pedestrians on or near the road and warn drivers.
“According to official statistics, 43 percent of fatal Australian accidents occur at [...]