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Responsible Budget puts Australian economy on course for repair

Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered his third budget.

Warm response to Swan's Budget from VACC which sees the assistance to small business and funding for training and apprentices as a great plus.

Champions in a skilled world

Young workers show off their skills at the World Skills Australia competition.

Two young autobody repairers will be off to the World Skills competition in London next year to represent Australia in their chosen field of panel beating and spray painting.

The power of the power tool

Did superhero Tony Stark used this wrench when he designed his new Iron Man suit?

States and territories split on national representation

Should a new national representative body have be formed for motor traders, or should the issues with the old organisation be fixed?

New association to represent state motoring groups

VACC's David Purchase, TACC's Malcolm Little, MTAQ's Ian Field and MTA NSW's James McCall at the launch of the Australian Automotive Industry Association. (Photo George F. Stephen)

The state-based motor industy groups from Australia's eastern states have set up a new organisation which is set to become the new national representative body for the automotive trade.

Improved show for body repair and paint work at Frankfurt

Some hands-on panel work at Automechanika, Frankfurt which will have the panelbeating and spray painting under the one rood at the 2010 show.

Body repair and paintwork sections of this years Frankfurt Automechanika have been brought together in the same exhibition hall, a the move has been welcomed by the industry.

Focus on Thatcham

Testing at the Thatcham research facility.

Traveling to the UK next month?Then drop into the Thatcham research centre which will be opening its doors for two days.

The winning Concept getting bigger and bigger

Concept Paints is continuing to experience solid growth across all regions of Australia and abroad, including one of the most difficult and largest automotive refinish markets in the world, the US.

Industry will never go back to the "good old days": Nathan

Adam Thomas, Richard Nathan and James McCall inspect the poorly-repaired car.

Richard Nathan welcomes the comments made on www.paintandpanel.com.au about the industry and offers some comments of his own in response.

The fall-out of volcanic ash on cars

Ash, dust and steam coming from the volcano underneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland.

It's not just air travellers that have been put out by the volcano underneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Bear a thought for the region's vehicle repairers.

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