Welcome to the May issue of AutoTalk Australia magazine where we splice and dice the stories behind the automotive headlines.
The Australian Automotive Dealer Association says the Labor opposition’s planned immigrant employment minimum wage increase could do more harm to dealer businesses than it means to.
We talk one-on-one with the Aftermarket Association as it moves closer to a more harmonious working relationship with dealers and carmakers, while the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the vehicle recycling association talk tough on Australia’s sub-standard vehicle scrappage system.
We listened intently to one of Bosch Australia’s top boffins as he reveals the inner workings of pass-through data access coming to a workshop near you, and speaking of access, Alfa Romeo repairers say they’ve had enough of being starved of the essentials they can only access through dealers.
Carsales taps into the millennial customer to offer insights into the fickle-minded car buyers of today, and AdTorque Edge talks about managing your leads without getting tangled.
Plus we dissect the latest VFACTS reported sales figures courtesy of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Scott Murray,
Editor
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