Transcript Subversive Leadership: Hegemony, Contestation and the

Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge
Economies and the Patchwork Nation
Professor Andrew Beer
Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional
Planning
University of Adelaide
2 December 2011
The Patchwork Economy?
• Dutch Disease
– De-industrialisation
– Processes of adjustment
• Efficient, effective
• What role the knowledge economy?
• Are there other pathways?
The Illawarra
The South Australian Case
• South Australia as a ‘traded goods’ state
– Manufacturing
– Agriculture
– Mineral products
• Impacts of restructuring
– MMAL in Southern Adelaide
– Loxton Waikerie
Average Wage and Salary Earnings,
2003-04 to 2008-09,
SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
45000
40000
35000
30000
25000
South Australia
20000
Loxton Waikerie (DC)
Onkaparinga (C)
15000
10000
5000
0
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Average Wage & Salary Income ($)
2007-08
2008-09
Average Unincorporated Business Earnings, 2003-04 to 2008-09,
SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
180,000
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
South Australia
Loxton Waikerie (DC)
80,000
Onkaparinga (C)
60,000
40,000
20,000
-
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Average Earnings from All Sources, 2003-04 to 2008-09,
SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
60000
50000
40000
Loxton Waikerie
30000
Onkaparinga
South Australia
20000
10000
0
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Auto Restructuring in Two Cities:
Birmingham and Adelaide
• MMAL Lonsdale April 2004, MG Rover May 2005
• Adelaide
– Structural Adjustment Fund for SA (SAFSA)
– Redundancy payments from MMAL
– Worker assistance via JobsNetwork
• Birmingham
– Minimal redundancy payments
– Range of government actions via MG Rover Taskforce
& Advantage West Midlands
Outcomes
Site of MG Rover, mid 2008
Ingham's Enterprises
Cubic Pacific
Jumbo Vision International
Intercast & Forge
Alloy Technologies
"
Origin Energy Solar Pty Ltd
True Life Creations
Gulf
St. Vincent
0
5
Dollars (AU)
SAGE Group Holdings
Inpak Foods
ScreenCheck Aust.
Seeley International
10 Km
Fibrelogic Pty Ltd
Resource Co.
Redarc Electronics
PBR Australia
6,000,000
Peats Soil and Garden Supp.
(Dublin)
AusComposites
4,000,000
M
2,000,000
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Ri
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Gulf
St. Vincent
BD Farms Paris Creek
1,000,000
500,000
Peats Soil & Garden Supp.
(Willunga)
Suburb
Normanville Export Meatworks
0
50 Km
Industry of Most Recent Employment,
Wave 2
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Personal Services
Health, Ed. &
Community
Services
Government Admin
& Defence
Finance and
Insurance
Construction
Transport and
Storage
Accommodation,
Cafes & Rest
Wholesale and
Retail Trade
Construction
Electricity and
Water Supply
Manufacturing
Mining
Agriculture
Datum: GDA94
Projection:
Lambert Conformal Conic
Data Source:
School of Geography, Flinders University 2007.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2007.
Created by Nicole Mahoney
Date: 26th July 2007.
Legend
Lonsdale
Number of Workers
1
2.5
5
7.5
10
25
50
75
Local Government Area
®
0
2
4
8
12
Kilometres
16
Dealing with Labour Market
Immobility: West Midlands
Riverland Futures Taskforce
• Riverland Futures Taskforce
– $20m structural adjustment fund established by
SA Government (Riverland Sustainable Futures
Fund)
• Now administered through RDA Committee
– Limited take up, slow take up
• What subsidiarity?
• And does it address the region’s fundamental needs in
an era of capital mobility?
Other Pathways?
• Costs of structural adjustment for individuals
and communities
• Mining boom
– Displaced tourism, manufacturing, some services
– Social costs for FIFO workers and their
communities
– Not been accompanied by a substantial
investment in the generation of a knowledge
economy
Other Pathways?
Tampere, Finland