SR,

With the bounce in the stock market and property markets since the coalition victory, probably the country was spooked by the prospect of an incompetent Labor government?

Secondly, Given that just about every manufacturer of electric cars is losing money hand over fist, your proposal looks like another perfect labor vanity project.

Aidan,

This was news in 2014 when the car industry was being discussed. Feel free to look it up.

Shadow,
I don't recall hearing any such claim at the time, and the Libs' tactics of blaming the unions would certainly ring hollow if aggregate wages were less than subsidies!

I do feel free to look it up; I did and didn't find anything, hence the question,

Hi Aidan,

My memory fades very quickly these days, but I do recall Nicole Flint on Q&A talking about Holden's closure, when Tony Jones butted in as usual and remarked either (I forget which) that SA then had a Liberal government, or that it was a Liberal government which was in power when Holden's closed.

No, it was the Weatherall Labor government. I voted Labor by the way, and I understand (I think) why it was impossible to keep bailing Holden's out, Labor or Liberal. But it WAS a Labor government in power at the time. And it was a snide remark that Tony made which tried to shift the responsibility onto the Liberals.

Sorry :(

Joe

Dear Shadow Minister,

Tesla;

Tesla revenue for the quarter ending March 31, 2019 was $4.541B, a 33.23% increase year-over-year.
Tesla revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2019 was $22.594B, a 81.17% increase year-over-year.
Tesla annual revenue for 2018 was $21.461B, a 82.51% increase from 2017.
Tesla annual revenue for 2017 was $11.759B, a 67.98% increase from 2016.
Tesla annual revenue for 2016 was $7B, a 73.01% increase from 2015.

Looks like an utter failure to me too. Amazon had a similar trajectory and now look at them.

Hi Joe,
If you're telling the truth, then your memory is playing tricks on you. But I think you're lying.

I've posted an excerpt from the transcript on this thread (it's at the top of p15) along with a link to the whole thing (which also enables you to watch the video to check its accuracy if you want).

Tony Jones's exact words were:
"That’s a bit ironic, that it was your government that decided to get rid of Holden."
I think you WILFULLY MISUNDERSTOOD his words.
• It was a FEDERAL government decision to lay it on the line which resulted in GM deciding to shut Holden. The state government had very little influence in such decisions.
• Nicole Flint is a FEDERAL MP. Her party was in government (federally) when the decision was made, and still is.

So are you SERIOUSLY suggesting anyone could reasonably infer that by "your government" Tony Jones meant "not the government you're a member of, but the state government led by your party" even though everyone knows SA had a Labor government at the time?

SR,

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrlQxAPW4AApbvr.jpg:large

Tesla, unlike Amazon, has been losing exponentially more money every year in spite of huge subsidies.

If you want to piss away $bns of taxpayer dollars then build electric cars in Aus with no market.