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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sat 17 Aug, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Labor vows to support car industry in Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Labor wants to provide the car industry in Australia with long-term certainty and formally announced a multi-million-dollar funding commitment for beyond 2020. An extra $500 million will be available for the industry from 2016-2020, with $300 million a year promised on an ongoing basis from 2020. "We believe it's important to support 50,000 jobs in the car industry across Australia," Mr Rudd said today. Tony Abbott says the Coalition will not be matching the funding and has accused Mr Rudd of chasing the car industry with a blank cheque. 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