This article critically analyses the opportunities for Australia to revitalise its strategically important manufacturing sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers Australia’s industry policy options on the basis of both advances in the theory of industrial policy and recent policy proposals in the Australian context. It draws on recent work from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work examining the prospects for Australian manufacturing renewal in a post-COVID-19 economy, together with other recent work in political economy, economic geography and labour process theory critically evaluating the Fourth Industrial Revolution (i4.0) and its implications for the Australian economy. The aim of the article is to contribute to and further develop the debate about the future of government intervention in manufacturing and industry policy in Australia. Crucially, the argument links the future development of Australian manufacturing with a focus on renewable energy.

JEL Codes: L50; L52; L78; O10; O13: O25; O44; P18; Q42

本文批判性地分析了澳大利亚在 COVID-19 大流行之后振兴其具有重要战略意义的制造业的机会。它在产业政策理论的进步和澳大利亚背景下最近的政策建议的基础上考虑了澳大利亚的产业政策选择。它借鉴了澳大利亚研究所未来工作中心最近的工作，研究了 COVID-19 后经济中澳大利亚制造业更新的前景，以及最近在政治经济学、经济地理学和劳动过程理论方面的其他工作，批判性地评估了第四次工业革命(i4.0) 及其对澳大利亚经济的影响。本文的目的是促进和进一步发展关于澳大利亚未来政府干预制造业和产业政策的辩论。至关重要的是，该论点将澳大利亚制造业的未来发展与对可再生能源的关注联系起来。

JEL 代码：L50；L52; L78; O10; O13：O25；O44；P18; Q42