The Australian Motor Industry Federation - A New Dawn For The Australian Automotive Industry

MELBOURNE – July 5, 2011: VACC, the peak Automotive Industry body in Victoria, has welcomed the formation of a new national automotive body, called the Australian Motor Industry Federation (AMIF).

The Australian Motor Industry Federation was launched at the Australian International Motor Show at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Monday 4 July.

It will be the public face of the Australian vehicle retail, service and repair (RS&R) industry and the voice on national RS&R issues. The launch was attended by representatives of all member States and Territories, as well as members of the automotive industry and the media.

“This is an important occasion for the Australian Motor Industry. To have representatives of the Motor Trades Associations of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia; VACC and the Tasmania Automobile Chamber of Commerce and ACT and Northern Territory present at the launch, demonstrates the unity within the Federation,” AMIF, Chief Executive Officer, Richard Dudley, said.

“The Australian Motor Industry Federation is important because the RS&R industry is the nation’s largest small business industry sector representing 100,000 businesses, 310,000 employees and an aggregated turnover of $160billion per annum,” Mr Dudley said.

VACC has more than 5,000 members employing approximately 50,000 employees in Victoria.

“VACC supports the Australian Motor Industry Federation and is proud to be a member. We are confident this is a turning point for the retail, service and repair sector. In AMIF, and Richard Dudley, we will have a strong national voice and one which will engage the Federal Government and Commonwealth Departments to proactively influence the development policy, regulation and legislation, and protect our industry’s interests,” VACC Executive Director, David Purchase, said.