- Crunch time has arrived for the manufacturing heartland in Victoria and South Australia, with many automotive parts suppliers shutting down and laying off their workers as the end of car assembly looms.
- Dozens of companies have shut their doors already, having produced sufficient parts to get Toyota and GM Holden across the line prior to Toyota closing its Altona factory yesterday and as Holden prepares to shut its Elizabeth plant on October 20.
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