Opinion Editorials & Articles
A selection of commentary
The BCA regularly contributes opinion editorials and commentary to newspapers around the country, highlighting BCA positions on key policy areas and reaction to policy developments. For copies of 2006 articles, visit the News Room archive.
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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Education Overhaul Will Open Door of Opportunity
A comprehensive and co-operative approach is needed to improve learning, Hutch Ranck writes in The Age.
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Unwieldy System Must Go
Op-ed by Tim Cox, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Partner, on the need to reform business tax, as published in The Australian Financial Review, 29 November 2007.
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Stakes Too High To Turn Back
We need to embrace a new round of economic reform, writes Greig Gailey in The Australian.
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A Time to Improve Social Prosperity
In a real sense, Australia’s hardest economic challenges are just beginning, Katie Lahey writes in the Herald Sun.
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Make Sure We Don’t Waste Our Wealth
The Advertiser, 26 October 2007: In the midst of so much prosperity, it is easy to overlook the many Australians who continue to confront a vastly different reality, Michael Chaney argues.
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These Are Good Times, But Not for All
Economic reform must continue so all can join in Australia’s prosperity, writes Michael Chaney in The Age.
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Need to Rethink Employment Policy
The Age, 22 October 2007: Australia needs all hands on deck to tackle lower growth prospects, writes Charlie Lenegan.
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Be Prepared for Emissions Trading
Business cannot afford to sit back and wait for the scheme to start, writes Katie Lahey in The Age.
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Infrastructure Is a Road Half Travelled
World-class infrastructure won’t happen without competitive national markets, rational pricing and more private ownership, op-ed argues.
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Opportunity Too Good to Waste
The Australian Financial Review, 4 September 2007: Enabling investment and trade among its members should be APEC’s top priority, writes John Denton.
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As Business Fills Canberra’s Coffers, We Need to Move on Tax Reforms
The Australian, 24 August 2007: Despite Treasury indicators of a strong economy, this is no time for complacency on tax reform, Katie Lahey argues.
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Injection of Facts into the IR Debate
The Australian, 9 August 2007: By debunking union myths about workplace reform, business groups are fighting a threat to the economy, argues Michael Chaney.
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A Commodity Just Too Valuable to Miss the Export Boat
Australia’s prosperity depends on providing services to the world, writes IBM’s Glen Boreham.
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National Approach to Water
Nature can only do so much to alleviate water shortages; the rest is up to us, writes Katie Lahey in The Courier-Mail.
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The Mutual Benefits of Giving
Geoff Allen of the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs discusses the release of the ACCPA–BCA report, ‘Corporate Community Investment in Australia’ in an op-ed in The Australian Financial Review.
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Willingness Needed to Establish Emissions Trading Scheme
Governments and businesses must work together to establish a national emissions trading scheme, Katie Lahey writes.
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Warming to a Vital Task
A market-based, national emissions trading scheme is key to Australia’s effort to reduce greenhouse gases over the long term, Katie Lahey writes in The Courier-Mail.
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Good Start on Greenhouse Plan
The Australian Financial Review, 4 June 2007: Emissions trading is now a business reality, Rod Sims writes.
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Five-Pronged Approach to Climate Change Challenge
The Age, 11 May 2007: Australia has to protect its economy in the transition to a low-emissions world, writes Rod Pearse.
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The Vote to Secure our Fiscal Future
The Australian, 18 April 2007: Sound reform, not petty politics, will sustain our prosperity, says Michael Chaney.
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Next Election Vital for Future Prosperity
Business puts lifting living standards as the goal of the reform agenda, writes Michael Chaney in The Courier-Mail.
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Australia Must Keep Moving Forward
Australia cannot afford to go backwards on workplace reform, writes Charlie Lenegan.
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Unions Want to Turn Back the Clock
Labour market reforms underpin our prosperity, writes Michael Chaney in The Australian Financial Review.
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The Tax Attack: Governments Hit Companies
There is a compelling case for a major rethink of Australia's business taxation system, Katie Lahey writes.
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Climate Solutions Must Be Genuinely Global
Australia’s economy needs to be strong in a changing world, Michael Chaney writes in the Herald Sun.
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A Blueprint for Preserving Prosperity
In this election year, election policies must be focused on the longer term, Michael Chaney writes in The Australian Financial Review.
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CSR Belongs at the Very Core of Business
We can’t sustain a first-rate economy with a second-rate community, writes Katie Lahey in The Age.
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Doha Round Needs Strong Leadership
International trade reform needs to be given a much higher priority or a vital opportunity to lift economic growth may be lost.
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Official Response to Drought Just Doesn’t Hold Water
Does it make sense for Australia’s major cities to be on long-term water restrictions as a key solution to managing our water requirements?
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Australia’s Golden Opportunity
We can do more to depart from previous economic cycles and lift our living standards further, Michael Chaney writes in The Age.
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