Vision
The Business Council of Australia strives for a stronger Australia.
The Business Council of Australia strives for a stronger Australia.
We work to ensure Australia is economically strong to support a fair, free and inclusive society for all Australians. Achieving this requires successful, well-run businesses that create meaningful jobs and inclusive work environments which reflect and are accountable to the broader Australian community.
The Business Council champions the role that responsible businesses play in generating sustainable economic growth and advocate for policy settings that are in the national interest.
We believe the role of business is to generate returns for shareholders over the medium to long term, and that doing this requires businesses to be good corporate citizens, and for big and small business to work together across our cities and regions.
This means to act in good faith, have products and services that are fit for market, represent those products fairly and balance the needs of all stakeholders and interests including employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers, the community and the environment.
The Business Council will actively collaborate with other community and business groups, political leaders at all levels of government and engage directly with the community to achieve our vision and purpose.
The Business Council will anchor its advocacy priorities in the following key policy platforms:
Population |
525,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
6.6 |
Employment |
248,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
0.5 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
29 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
4.0 |
Population |
1,728,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
5.6 |
Employment |
844,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
2.8 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
103 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
2.2 |
Population |
247,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
4.0 |
Employment |
139,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
0.5 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
26 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
4.0 |
Population |
4,965,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
6.2 |
Employment |
2,471,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
2.7 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
327 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
1.8 |
Population |
6,386,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
5.1 |
Employment |
3,274,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
2.2 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
407 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
3.3 |
Population |
2,585,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
6.4 |
Employment |
1,340,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
1.5 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
248 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
-2.7 |
Population |
416,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
3.7 |
Employment |
227,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
2.2 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
38 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
4.6 |
Population |
7,915,000 |
Unemployment rate (%) |
4.9 |
Employment |
3,991,000 |
Employment Growth (%) |
3.2 |
Gross State Product ($bn) |
577 |
Gross State Product Growth (2016-17) |
2.9 |