Policy Advocacy and the BCA

The Business Council of Australia, for example, is prepared to offer credit where credit is due for policies from either side of the political divide … It is also willing to give either side a kicking when it thinks they deserve it, and has been prepared to be quite critical of the Howard Government on policy issues like tax reform and infrastructure as well as taking Labor to task in areas like industrial relations.

Quote from articles by Steve Burrell on 13 March 2007, ‘Business Lobbyists Too Often “Yes” Men’ by Steve Burrell, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 March 2007, p. 20; and ‘Industry Groups Need to Care for Credibility’, The Age (Business), p. 14.