BCA Welcomes Agreement
21 December 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the agreement reached between the Commonwealth and the New South Wales and Victorian governments on the operation of Australia’s Corporations Law.
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BCA Statement on Welfare Reform
14 December 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the federal government’s statement on welfare reform.
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Unprecedented Industry and Community Coalition Issues Statement on Preventing and Reducing Unemployment
6 December 2000: An unprecedented new Industry-Community Coalition of major business, labour movement, education and community welfare organisations is taking to government proposals for a comprehensive national strategy to tackle long-term unemployment.
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BCA Welcomes CPI Outcome
25 October 2000: Mr David Buckingham, Executive Director of the Business Council of Australia, welcomed today’s CPI outcome saying that containing this quarter’s price increase to 3.7 per cent was a very good outcome for the economy.
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Call to Improve Taxation of Offshore Income
7 September 2000: The Business Council of Australia today called for an accelerated consideration of tax changes to improve the competitiveness of Australian-based companies and facilitate greater integration of Australian companies into the global economy.
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New Tax Task Force Chairman to lead the Business Council’s Continued Emphasis on Taxation Reform
28 August 2000: Mr Campbell Anderson, President of the Business Council of Australia today announced that Mr Christopher Knoblanche, Chief Executive Officer and Regional Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Australasia would be the new Chairman of the Business Council’s Tax Task Force.
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Urgent Review of Energy Reforms Needed: BCA
21 August 2000: The Business Council of Australia today called for an urgent review of the nation’s energy reform agenda.
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BCA Welcomes McClure Report
17 August 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the release of the McClure Report on welfare reform.
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Time to Press Ahead on Option 2: BCA
8 August 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the Treasurer’s commitment to the adoption of the Tax Value Method (Option 2), and urged that its introduction not be unduly delayed by the removal of the July 1, 2001, deadline.
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Coalition of Peak Bodies Calls for End to Corporations Law ‘Uncertainty’
25 July 2000: A coalition of peak business, legal and accounting bodies has called on state governments to refer to the Commonwealth powers to deal with uncertainty surrounding Australia’s Corporations Law following a series of recent High Court decisions, culminating in The Queen v Hughes.
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Letter Sent to all State Premiers regarding Australia’s Corporations Law
19 July 2000: Copy of a letter from Mr David Buckingham, regarding Australia’s Corporations Law.
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Tax Reform: A Much-Needed Investment for the Future
26 June 2000: Mr Campbell Anderson, President of the Business Council of Australia, today urged Australians to keep their sights on the fundamental benefits of the reforms to our taxation system...
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BCA Welcomes Comments On Tax Option Two
2 June 2000: The Business Council of Australia has welcomed confirmation in Parliament yesterday by the Treasurer, Mr Costello, that the government had an in-principle commitment to a July 1, 2001, start-up for the Tax Value Method.
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Keep the Finger Off the Greenhouse Trigger: BCA
24 May 2000: The Business Council of Australia today called on the federal government to develop a framework for a mature and productive debate about the establishment of a greenhouse trigger and other greenhouse measures.
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Business Council Launches New Directions Discussion Paper on Long-Term Unemployment
13 April 2000: David Buckingham, Executive Director of the Business Council of Australia, today launched the third discussion paper from the BCA New Directions Taskforce, Pathways to Work: Tackling Long-Term Unemployment.
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BCA Releases Energy Report
10 April 2000: Mr Philip Weickhardt, Chairman of the Business Council of Australia’s Energy Reform Taskforce, today released a report that highlights some of the underlying weaknesses in Australia’s energy reforms.
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BCA Welcomes Population Debate
9 March 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed support for a debate about Australia’s immigration policy but said it did not go far enough.
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Final Report of the National Innovation Summit Implementation Group
4 September 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the release of the Final Report of the National Innovation Summit Implementation Group.
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BCA Welcomes Australian Research Council Report
8 June 2000: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the release of the Australian Research Council’s report Investing in Our Future.
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BCA Forum pushes for National Unitary Industrial Relations System
17 November 2000: The continued failure to implement a unitary national industrial relations system would leave Australia languishing in a globalised community, the President of the Business Council of Australia, Mr Campbell Anderson, said today.
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The BCA’s Real Agenda: A Vigorous Economy with Jobs and Opportunity for All
10 October 2000: The Business Council of Australia has hit back at ACTU criticism of its recent report, Managerial Leadership in the Workplace.
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BCA to Press Ahead on Unitary National Workplace Relations System
7 September 2000: The Business Council of Australia is to host a public forum in November on the issues involved in establishing a genuine, unitary national workplace relations system.
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The Myth of the Short, Sharp Shock
7 September 2000: Policy induced recessions in 1983 and 1991 were responsible for up to 80 per cent of today’s 200,000 long-term unemployed, according to a paper released today.
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Statement by Australia’s Private Sector on Industrial Relations
6 August 2000: Statement by Australia’s Private Sector on industrial relations.
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Secondary Boycotts Issue of Primary Importance: BCA
5 July 2000: The Business Council of Australia has re-emphasised the fundamental importance of existing legislative restraints on secondary boycott industrial action.
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BCA Backs IR Reforms
4 June 2000: The Business Council of Australia today called on the federal Opposition to “think again” before discarding individual workplace agreements in favour of common law agreements.
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