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DRAFT FOR PRESS June 1976
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT ON THE COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON
POLICIES FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
The Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Fraser, and the
Minister for Industry and Commerce, Senator Roben. t_ Cotton,
today announced that Volumes III and IV of the report
of the Committee to Advise on Policies for Manufacturing
Industry, the Jackson Committee, had been tabled'in the
Parliament. The main part of the Committee's report Volume I
had been released on 30 October 1975. Volumes III and
IV contained studies commissioned by the Committee in the
course of it,* s work. Volume II of the Committee's report
containing statistical material would be released as soon
as copies were available from the printer, which was
0 expected i-aabout two weeks.
The.-. eight studies in Volume III deal with:
* industrial Policy in certain O. E. C. D. countries
the Industries Assistance Commission's approach to the
development of industries
* financing manufacturing
* foreign-owned manufacturing-firms in Australia
* European policies regarding large foreign companies
worker participation in Australia
worker participation and policy integration in
Yugoslavia and Romania
* communication between the Australian and State Governments
on industry policies. / 2
Volume IV contains studies dealing with the economic
and social aspects of seven selected industries.
Copies of the reports could be ordered through any
Commonwealth Publications and Inquiry Centre.
The Government trusted that publication of the volumes
would help to promote continuing discussion of the many
important issues concerning manufacturing industry raised
in the Committee's main report. These issues would also
have to be considered in the preparation of the White
Paper which would be presented to the Parliament in the
Budget Session.
The White ; Paper would provide a basis on which industry
could plan ahead with greater certainty as to the nature
and direction of Government policy. Interested parties
had previously been invited to forward submissions to
Senator Cotton setting out their views on matters to
be covered in the White Paper. At present relatively
few submissions had been received and it was hoped
that many more would be forthcoming before 1 July 1976.
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