Wider Debate Needed on Business Innovation
13 December 2004: Business innovation is the result of a range of commercial and business strategies and not just R&D spend, a survey of BCA Members has found.
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Booz Allen Hamilton/BCA Study Shows Decline in Australian CEO Turnover
23 November 2004: Although the rate of CEO turnover in Australia declined in the past year, local CEOs are more likely to leave their jobs because of poor performance than their global counterparts, according to a study by Booz Allen Hamilton and the Business Council of Australia.
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Sustainable Growth at Risk Through Excessive Short-Termism
21 October 2004: The Business Council of Australia has called on federal and state governments and the private sector to consider a range of measures to counteract excessive short-termism in Australia.
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Statement on the Federal Election
10 October 2004: The Business Council of Australia congratulated the Coalition on its re-election to government.
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BCA Releases Shareholder Communication Discussion Paper
28 September 2004: The Business Council today released a discussion paper outlining a number of new approaches Australia’s listed companies might adopt to strengthen or improve their communication and interaction with shareholders.
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BCA Response to Release of James Hardie Report
22 September 2004: The Business Council of Australia said the inquiry into James Hardie and its asbestos liabilities should continue to follow due process and not become a pretext for legislative change that could adversely impact all corporations.
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Corporate Tax Bounty Should Not Be Taken For Granted
10 September 2004: Australia’s corporate sector said that the strong figures released today as part of the Charter of Budget Honesty were substantially a result of the contribution made by Australia’s corporations and should not be taken for granted.
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ALP Tax Changes Contribute to Workforce Participation
7 September 2004: The Business Council of Australia said the release of Labor’s tax policy was a contribution to tax reform but more was needed to make Australia’s personal taxation system more efficient.
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BCA Analysis of Minor Parties’ Business and Economic Policies
2 September 2004: The Business Council of Australia today released an analysis of the implications for business and the wider economy of the forthcoming Senate election.
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Federal Election 2004
29 August 2004: Australia’s peak business group welcomed the announcement today of a federal election for 9 October.
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US FTA Approval a Major Advance for Australia's Economy
13 August 2004: The Business Council of Australia applauded federal Parliament’s approval of the free trade agreement with the United States today.
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New Model for Best Practice Commercialisation Policy
The Business Council of Australia and the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee have released a study on building better systems to take university R&D to the market, drawing on local and international best practice to create the model.
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ALP IR Policy Confirms Business Concern
6 August 2004: The release today of the ALP’s workplace relations policy document confirms business concerns about Labor’s plans to recentralise Australia’s workplace relations framework.
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Labor’s Support of US FTA Welcomed by Business
3 August 2004: Labor’s decision today to back the United States Free Trade Agreement was welcomed by the Business Council of Australia, which urged federal Parliament to pass the necessary legislation as soon as possible.
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Campaign to Scuttle US FTA a Re-run of Tariff Debate
26 July 2004: The Business Council of Australia today called on the ALP to uphold the national interest and ignore last-ditch attempts by union leaders and the Greens to scuttle the US Free Trade Agreement.
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Offshoring No Threat to Australia
14 July 2004: The Business Council of Australia today released a position paper on offshoring, predicting the trend to outsource information, IT and other services to offshore companies would have largely positive implications for Australia’s economy and jobs.
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Business Releases Review of ALP Workplace Relations Policies
2 July 2004: The Business Council of Australia today released a report on the potential outcomes and impacts on Australia’s economy of the ALP’s workplace relations platform.
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Executive Pay Position Paper
24 June 2004: The Business Council of Australia today released a position paper in response to the continuing debate over pay for CEOs and other senior business managers.
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BCA Welcomes Dawson
23 June 2004: The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the announcement by the federal government that legislation giving effect to the recommendations of the Dawson Inquiry into the Trade Practices Act will be introduced into Parliament tomorrow.
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Balance Solves Energy Equation
22 June 2004: The federal government needs to pay attention to demand as well as supply in its energy policy, Hugh Morgan writes in an op-ed in The Australian Financial Review.
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Progress on Tax Competitiveness
16 June 2004: The Business Council of Australia has welcomed ALP and Democrat support for a bill that will improve Australia’s commercial competitiveness in the global economy.
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BCA Welcomes National Energy Plan
15 June 2004: The BCA welcomed today’s energy policy announced by the federal government, saying it believed it would go a long way towards delivering long-term energy security and competitive energy costs for Australia.
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Corporate Taxes Pay For Family-Friendly Budget
11 May 2004: Australia’s corporate sector said personal tax cuts and family spending outlined in tonight’s federal Budget were a welcome boost for ordinary Australians but attention should now be directed to Australia’s corporate tax system.
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Democrats Condemned for Free Trade Opposition
6 May 2004: The Business Council of Australia was appalled by the Australian Democrat’s opposition to the FTA with the United States, saying it would undermine Australia’s standing in the Asian region to achieve similar trade deals.
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Business Should Plan Now for US Free Trade Markets
30 April 2004: The Business Council said the release of modeling today underlined the importance of a free trade agreement with the world’s biggest economy to Australia’s economic and job growth, but business needed to ready itself if it wanted to take full advantage of the benefits.
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Civil Society, the Corporation and Regulation: Speech by BCA President Hugh Morgan to CEDA
22 March 2004: Speech by BCA President Hugh Morgan to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia titled ‘Civil Society, the Corporation and Regulation’.
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New BCA Policy Agenda
17 March 2004: The Business Council of Australia has announced its new policy agenda, agreed by Members at the BCA’s Annual Strategy Forum which concluded yesterday.
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Scenarios for Australia’s Next 20 Years
15 March 2004: The Business Council of Australia has launched the results of a major scenario project, drawing upon the expertise and views of leading thinkers as well as young people to examine key challenges and opportunities for Australia over the next 20 years.
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Senate Report on Changing Australia’s Competition Laws
8 March 2004: A Senate report threatens healthy competition, writes Hugh Morgan in an op-ed in The Australian Financial Review.
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BCA Welcomes Details of US Trade Agreement
4 March 2004: Details of the free trade agreement with the United States released today underlined the potential for the agreement to provide long-term growth opportunities for Australia’s export economy.
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Changes Needed to VET System Says BCA
2 March 2004: Wide-ranging changes are required in the vocational education and training (VET) system to ensure it meets the future needs of large businesses according to a report prepared for the Business Council of Australia.
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BCA Rejects Senate Report on Competition Law
1 March 2004: The Business Council of Australia today warned that major changes to trade practices law, proposed by a Senate Committee inquiry, ran the risk of significant impacts on Australia’s economy.
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Business Response to Australia’s Ageing Workforce
27 February 2004: From education to work to retirement, the options are not as simple any more, writes Katie Lahey in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Consumers Will Lose from Trade Practices Changes
16 February 2004: Consumers will be the main losers from any changes to the Trade Practices Act that led to restrictions on price competition, the Business Council of Australia said today.
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Free Trade Agreement with the United States
10 February 2004: Hugh Morgan writes in The Australian Financial Review that the bilateral trade deal can still pave the way for multilateral liberalisation.
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Business Council Hails US Free Trade Agreement
9 February 2004: Business Council of Australia President, Mr Hugh Morgan, today described the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States as an historic moment for Australia.
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The Community of Business
5 February 2004: Much of the wealth and economic welbeing of Australian society depends on the ‘community of business’.
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Tax Reform Should Remain Centre Stage Says BCA
15 January 2004: The Business Council of Australia said that reform of Australia’s taxation system should remain centre stage for 2004.
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Take Senate Reform Further Says BCA Submission
11 January 2004: The Business Council of Australia has supported constitutional changes to resolve Senate deadlocks and provide greater legislative certainty as part of its submission on Senate reform released today.
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