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An Overview of Protection of Australian Manufacturing: Past, Present and Future

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Australia, and before Federation, the colonies, have long histories of tariff protection. However, by the end of this century tariffs for imports of most commodities will have been lowered to negligible levels. This paper briefly examines the history of the tariff and the changing structure of assistance to manufacturing in the 1980s and 1990s. As the tariff has been dismantled, a variety of alternative measures have been implemented. Thus, while the ‘old’ protectionism of tariffs on imports has been discredited, a ‘new’ form of protectionism — much to do with providing assistance for exports — has arisen to at least partially take its place. The protective effects of many of these measures is far less apparent and possibly more deleterious than the tariffs they replace.

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  • R. M. Conlon, 1994. "An Overview of Protection of Australian Manufacturing: Past, Present and Future," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 5(1), pages 137-153, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:5:y:1994:i:1:p:137-153
    DOI: 10.1177/103530469400500112
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    1. Evan Jones, 2016. "Australian Trade Liberalisation Policy: The Industries Assistance Commission and the Productivity Commission," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 27(2), pages 181-198, June.
    2. Reza Mohammed Monem, 1999. "Economic prosperity of the gold-mining industry in Australia and the consequent gold tax," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 307-323.

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