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For your information, please find attached a letter outlining the recommendation by MTA NSW in relation to consumers choosing an insurer who offers a genuine choice of repairer. This letter can be used with your customers as appropriate.

MTA NSW, on behalf of our Members, has been in direct consultation over a number of months with SafeWork NSW to assist in the development and support for an initiative within the auto dismantling industry.

Motor Traders’ Association of NSW (MTA NSW) CEO, Stavros Yallouridis, has signalled the beginning of a new era for the trusted automotive industry representative body, which is set to launch a series of marketing initiatives as part of a reinvigorated business approach geared to support Members in meeting the future challenges facing the automotive industry.

Check out the latest radio advertisement and video from MTA NSW

Industry would be aware of the current Takata Airbag voluntary recall being undertaken by some 12 different manufacturers in Australia, since 2009. All manufacturers who have supplied vehicles with defective Takata airbags have been invited to register for a conference with the ACCC via www.accc.gov.au/takata.

The MTA NSW met with NSW Fair Trading to discuss infringement notices being issued against repairers who do not have a Form 2 Prescribed Parts Register or who are using a non-qualified worker to carry out repair work.

The Motor Traders’ Association of NSW (MTA NSW) proudly supports businesses at a State and National level and understands the importance of interacting with our members in regional areas. As such, businesses within the local automotive industry were invited to attend a very successful information night at the Rules Club in Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 19th April.

The Automotive Sector, already dealing with the closure of automobile manufacturing and unprecedented structural adjustment across all sector industries, have now had future qualifications, training and skills requirements handed over to a profit-making consulting firm.

An engineering expert from the US providing evidence to a Coronial inquest into ATV fatalities in Hobart, Tasmania, has emphasised the safety importance of riders wearing helmets.

Featuring Minister Dominello, Colin Long and MTA service station member Diann Melas from Budget service station Petersham.