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1 Archived at the Flinders Academic Commons: This is a scan of a document number DUN/Speeches/0950 in the Title: Notes for 3 minute Speech at the New Plant of Rubery, Owen and Kemsley Pty. Ltd. Please acknowledge the source as: Dunstan Collection, Flinders University Library. Identifier: DUN/Speeches/0950 Copyright Estate Donald Allan Dunstan

2 ^ 5 0 NOTES FOR 3 MINUTE SPEECH AT THE NEW PLANT OF RUBERY. SL OWEN & KEM5LEY PTY. LTD MR. GWINNETT, MR. HOLDEN, YOUR WORSHIP, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, (LADIES AND) GENTLEMEN. 2. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU THE OPENING OF THESE WORKS, AND RUBERY OWEN'S QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 3. THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF YOUR COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR, AND IN A SENSE HAS REFLECTED THE POST-WAR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1947 FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND IN PREMISES WHICH, AS MANY OF YOU WOULD KNOW, WERE ORIGINALLY USED BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FOR MUNITIONS PRODUCTION BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO STATE CONTROL. 5. THE CO-OPERATION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY HERE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A LOW COST FACTORY AREA, WAS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A POLICY WHICH SUCCESSIVE STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FOLLOWED.

3 3 6. SUCH ASSISTANCE TO MANUFACTURERS CONTIWUES, ESPECIALLY in SUCH DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL AREAS AS ELIZABETH AND CHRISTIES BEACH, 7. THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, TWO ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY'S RECENT OPERATIONS WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE LIGHT CP MY GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE DIVERSIFICATION OF MANUFACTURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 8. THESE ARE, FIRSTLY, ITS GROWING EXPORT-MARKETING OPERATIONS OVERSEAS. I AM INFORMED THAT AGENCIES HAVE DECK EGTABLISHED THROUGHOUT SOUTH EAST ASIA, SOME IN AREAS WHERE T53E STATE GOVERNMENT ITSELF HAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AGENTS, CR HAS BEEN AT m OFFICIAL LEVEL SEEKING OUTLETS FOR STATE PRODUCTS SECONDLY, UHILE THE COMPANY'S MAIN ACTIVITIES HAVE CONCENTRATED OK THE PRODUCTION OF WHEELS FOR LEADING AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, IT HAS COfJST.TLY PURSUED A DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMME, SO THAT NOW, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, IT PRODUCES A GRQUIfJG RANGE OF METAL a m ENGINEERING PRODUCTS NOT TIED SO CLOSELY TO THE EXIGENCIES AWD VARIABILITY OF PRIVATE CONSUMER DEMAND. 10. THIS GENTLEMEN, IS AN ORGANISATIONAL COURSE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WCULD LIKE TO SEE ESTABLISHED IN INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

4 EVEN THOUGH* AT THIS MOMENT IN AUSTRALIA, WE ARE EXPERIENCING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL UKREST, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT NEVERTHELESS* IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE THROUGH CLOSE GQVERWw?3T MANAGEMENT - UNION CONSULTATION MANAGES TO MAINTAIN THE STATE*5 ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER STATES IN THE AREAS OF DAYS LOST FROM INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES. THE LATEST FIGURES GF OUR ECGMOMC INTELLIGENCE UNIT HAVE INDICATED THAT WHILE WE HAVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WORK FORCE IfJSUSTRIAL DISPUTES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR HAVE TOTALLED ONLY 9,200 HOURS, REPRESENTING OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOTAL. 12. I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN OFFICIALLY STARTING THE C3EU RIM PLANT. ( PRESS BUTTON)

5 .s NOTES FOR 3 MINUTE 5PEECH AT THE NEW PLANT DF RUBERY, OWEN & KEM5LEY PTY. LTD MR.' GWINNETT, MR. HOLDEN, YOUR WORSHIP, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, (LADIES AND) GENTLEMEN. 2. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU THE OPENING OF THESE WORKS, AND RUBERY OWEN'S QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 3. THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF YOUR COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR, AND IN A SENSE HAS REFLECTED THE POST-WAR GRO'WTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1947 FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND IN PREMISES WHICH, AS MANY OF YOU WOULD KNOW, WERE ORIGINALLY USED BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FOR MUNITIONS PRODUCTION BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO STATE CONTROL. 5. THE CO-OPERATION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY HERE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A LOW COST FACTORY AREA, WAS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A POLICY WHICH SUCCESSIVE STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FOLLOWED.

6 : o ugh m s m n m ^ t t o >ianufacturers c o n t i n u e s, - e ^ i t o l l y \ IfJ SUCH- IMPING INDUSTRIAL AREAS AS" EL'iZABfffS -M0.. - CHRISTIES..ifAfeile ' J v ' K " ' ^-v.. V there i-bclieve,' too aspects o r the " c o m p a s s ' * ikcel^t opfi^f iaps WHICH ARE'.ESPECTALLY- :SldifltfIt^T i " W " ' er [vtr 6QVER*NT 4 S-...PLANS, TO' strongm?'smsrage ; ' THE]'' DI VESStf ' QF.;^ANUrACTURE '-1^3 'SOUTH; «.,'.' ' 8. '. THESE ARlf' flrstly, - ITS;' GROWING ^ R A T I O N S. ' overseas* V i ' m that:. agencies, h a v e, S s t a b l i s h e d 'THROUGHQII't SCiliTH E ; AST ASIA»S0f4E IN AREAS fjtt_ STATE,',' G O V E R N S? ITSELF HAS RECENTLY APPOINTED; AGENTS*. Ssl HAS '', --'.BgEN AT -A8- FF1E1.AL LEVEL SEEKING OUTLETS, : FOfc.'$fAt PRODUCTS /t ; 4, SECONDLY r *MSI& THE COMPANY* W I N ACTIVITIES CQNCENT^tiS m ifwr PRODUCTI ON OF KNEELS FOR... AUSTRALIAN W-Wl&UT M A N U F A C T U R E R S C t ^ f ^ i i t PURSUED '.' DlVERSiFlCATtOfti'"PROGRAMME,SO'''T'HAf TO '. -' G E N E R A L. ' P R O D U C T S, - :1T 'PRODUCES^A j^ange OF, RETAL. MJB EflSIMEERIMG ;PRODUCTS ^OT TlED..$ ELOMLY TO ; THE EXXGgrideS A&Q VARlABILlTY'pF'PRiVA^ DEMAND. >0 THIS GESlTiMfi?*, IS AN brgani. ATiGNAL COURSE WSiltff THE.: G8V RNMEWT':", lil» LIKE TO SEE ESTABLISHED IH tiblmtttes : t'mf&u.6h8uf' AUSTRALIA c

7 9 11 o VEN THOUGHv 'AT-^THIS"MOMENT-;IN - AUSTRALIA, WE ARE ' EXPERIENCING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST, I. ; THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT NEVERTHELESS, IN ;. /SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE THROUGH CLOSE GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT UNION ^CONSULTATION MANAGES: TO.MAINTAIN * - THE STATE'S ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER STATES IN THE,AREAS OF days lost from industrial/ disputes, the latest; figures OF ;OUR ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE UNIT HAVE INDICATED THAT ; WHILE' WE HAVE ; 9O1$ OF THE AUSTRALIAN WQRK FORCE INDUSTRIAL. DISPUTES FOR;THE FIRST QUARTER OF.THE YEAR HAVE TOTALLED \ ONLY. 9,200 HOURS ^ REPRESENTING 202$i; OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOTAL. ' : " -... : V y ; ' ' - ' '? '' v V 12o : I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN OFFICIALLY.STARTING THE NEW RIM :>_ -. plant. - ; ' ' -.. v ' :. * ' - ( PRESS BUTTON).. f : ' - : '... o ' -K t, 1