New automotive body

The VACC (Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce), MTA-Queensland, MTA-NSW and TACC (Tasmania), have broken away from the national motor trades body, MTAA. This has led to a new national representative body, AAIA (Australian Automotive Industry Association) being established. These state associations, formerly federated into the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA), represent the commercial and political interests of the retail service and repair sector (RS&R) of the motor industry such as new and used car dealers, crash repairers, mechanical workshops, etc. Industry representation is now effectively split between the eastern states and the rest. The main issue with the national body has been dissatisfaction among the eastern states' bodies with the leadership, direction and political effectiveness of MTAA. Now with MTA-NSW aligning itself with MTAQ, VACC and TACC, the newly formed AAIA can claim to represent 80 per cent of businesses across Australia in the automotive RS&R sector. "Reform from within (the MTAA) was not possible," says James McCall, MTA-NSW CEO and president of the new body, AAIA. "In the last 10 years it has grown stale and does not effectively represent the motor trades in political forums. We are confident that the remaining members of MTAA (MTA-WA, MTA-SA, MTA-ACT and MTA-NT) will eventually come over to the new association."

There is growing frustration among small businesses in the motor industry with the increasing power and political influence of big business. The main argument of the AAIA is that it can better represent the small business interests of its constituents than the current "bureacratic" and "ineffectual" national body. "It's time for the industry to get hold of its own agenda," adds Ian Field, MTA-Queensland executive director. From The Motor Report (http://www.themotorreport.com.au/50281/gloves-are-off-motor-industry-bodies-split-from-mtaa-to-form-australian-automotive-industry-association)

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