Publications Archive

2007 Submissions

Copies of publicly released submissions made by the Business Council of Australia to government bodies and parliamentary committees in 2007 are available here.

View submissions released by the BCA in 2006 here.

Submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Review Tribunal Review of State Taxation

30 November 2007: This submission argues that in a federation like Australia, the overall competitiveness of the business tax environment hinges on an effective interrelationship between the tax systems of competing jurisdictions.
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Submission regarding the Food Bowl Modernisation Project

October 2007: This submission notes the importance of the Food Bowl Modernisation Project in terms of reviewing, rationalising and modernising irrigation.
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Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Trade Practices Legislation

July 2007: This submission argues that competition laws need to strike a balance between preventing businesses with substantial power from misusing their status, while ensuring that all businesses are able to compete through ordinary business behaviour.
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Submission to the Owen Inquiry into Electricity Supply in New South Wales

3 July 2007: This submission argues that there is an urgent need for Australia to re-establish forward-looking, coherent strategic directions for national energy market development.
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Submission to the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading

14 March 2007: This submission outlines a series of principles around a ‘cap-and-trade’ scheme to tackle greenhouse emissions as part of a framework to help provide the foundation for an integrated global solution to emissions reduction.
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Submission to the ASX Corporate Governance Council

February 2007: Submission to ASX Corporate Governance Council on the Review of the Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations
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