News Room Archive

2008 Opinion Editorials & Articles

Read op-eds authored by BCA members or executives in 2008 here.

 

 

Push Aside the Fog and Close the Gap

The Business Council of Australia has a multifaceted social impact, writes Greig Gailey in The Age.
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A Plan to Improve Our Schools Is on the Table; Now Governments Must Act

The COAG education agreements are a vital first step in which our education future can be changed for the better, writes Hutch Ranck in The Age.
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Driving Business Offshore Is No Carbon Solution

Establishing a scheme that simply shifts emissions elsewhere benefits neither the environment nor the economy, Katie Lahey writes.
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It’s Time to Rethink Trade Talks

As we pick over the bones of the failed Doha Round, it can be easy to forget the reason 153 countries gathered together in the first place, John W.H. Denton writes.
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Innovative Ideas Needed to Boost Business

If Australia is to keep up with the world then businesses and research groups must work together, writes Hutch Ranck in The Courier-Mail.
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Devil in the Detail of Climate Plan

We should be under no illusion about the size of the task or that there is a quick fix to reducing Australia's greenhouse emissions, writes Greig Gailey in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Devil in Detail of Getting ETS Right

The economic realities should not be forgotten in an emissions trading scheme, writes Greig Gailey in The Age.
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Respond to Carbon with Care

An emissions trading scheme must not weaken the economy, Greig Gailey writes in The Australian.
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Growth Key to Emissions Plan

Business will provide the base for the successful move to a low-emissions economy, argues Greig Gailey in The Age.
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Holistic Review Is the Holy Grail

Australia needs a thorough analysis of taxation’s role in the economy, writes Robert Milliner in The Australian Financial Review.
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Region Holds Key to Our Prosperity

A new framework to enable investment in the region is needed, writes John W. H. Denton in The Australian Financial Review.
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Give Our Teachers Lures and Rewards

The present teaching system won’t get top results from teachers or students, writes Katie Lahey in The Age.
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A National Perspective to Benefit All

The renewal of Australia’s infrastructure and reform of infrastructure markets are two of the key challenges the federal government must address, writes Rod Pearse.
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Boldness Will Put Us on Top by 2012

Everything should be on the table when it comes to tax reform, urges Greig Gailey in The Australian.
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Better Education Tops the List

Future prosperity rests on the success of the school system, writes Angus James in The Australian Financial Review.
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We Can Make a Difference in East Asia

There’s a new role for Australia in regional engagement, writes John W. H. Denton in The Australian Financial Review.
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Essential Reform That Time Forgot

From a business perspective, Australia is not one market, it is nine, Greig Gailey writes in The Australian Financial Review.
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It’s a Different Economy, Stupid

We need to re-think federal budgets to avoid frittering away our prosperity, argues Greig Gailey in The Australian.
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Budget Gives the Government a Golden Opportunity to Reform Fiscal Policy

Given the outlook for inflation, strong discipline is needed now, writes Greig Gailey in The Age.
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