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This update follows a previous communication sent to Members on Tuesday 7 July 2020, regarding the ‘Closure of the New South Wales/ Victorian border.’ If your customer(s) requires their vehicle(s) to be repaired or serviced, and you operate your business from a ‘cross-border community’ – e.g. Albury-Wodonga, Echuca-Moama, Swan Hill, Mildura and towns along the Murray River, a Border Entry Permit MUST be obtained for travel. Please find the link to the NSW Government Permit landing page as well as the Eligibility Criteria to obtain a Border Entry Permit.

This week at the MTA, we received some positive insights into our training programs. Our apprentices have let us know how we’re doing and we’re pleased to share the following results.

The 2020 running of the AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay has now received a ‘Green Light’ from Motorsport Australia. The final approval has been given to North Shore Sporting Car Club (NSSCC).

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the Motor Traders’ Association of New South Wales will be held on Friday, 19 June 2020 but the venue of the meeting has changed to the Rydges Sydney Central Hotel.

The Motor Traders’ Association of NSW (MTA NSW), today welcomed in conjunction with the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) and with support by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash, and Industry Minister Karen Andrews that the Federal Government’s Enhanced Instant Asset Write Off (IAWO) stimulus initiative will be extended to 31 December 2020.

The Instant Asset Write-Off allowance has been one of the stimulus initiatives of the Federal Government to assist industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. How this initiative applies to the Motor Dealer network has been a question raised by Members and we have obtained from the ATO guidelines as to how the asset write off applies in particular to the purchase of vehicles.

MTA NSW Employment Relations have been approached by Members who wish to re-hire an employee for the JobKeeper Scheme, who was an ‘eligible employee’ on 1 March 2020 with the employer but are no longer an employee. In other words, our Members would like to re-employ a former employee who was an ‘eligible employee’ on 1 March 2020 and receive the wage subsidy from the ATO

On the 14th May 2020, the Federal Parliament passed a range of amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to facilitate the operation of the CovidSafe App (“the App”). These changes related to the collection of the personal information provided when people downloaded the App and protecting the usage and storage of this personal information.

As an industry we’ve faced some challenging operating conditions over the past months due to COVID-19. Members have remained open during this period and are offering valuable services and support to their customers and the motoring public

Motor Trades Care (MTC), an industry specific expert provider of Work Health Safety and Return To Work services, in partnership with MTA NSW, have developed COVID-19 ‘Toolkits’, to provide motor trades industry employers and employees with strategies and best practice advice on combating the virus risk in the workplace, while assisting business continuity