Toyota workers left jobless as plant shuts down

Damir Dakovic on his last day at the Altona plant

Damir Dakovic on his last day at the Altona plant Source: SBS

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Australia is one-step closer to losing its car manufacturing industry with the closure of Toyota's Altona plant in Melbourne. 2600 workers are being made redundant.

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