2003 Media Releases
BCA Backs IR Reforms

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. The Executive Director of the BCA, Mr David Buckingham, said industrial relations reform had contributed...

Secondary Boycotts Issue of Primary Importance: BCA

The Business Council of Australia has re-emphasised the fundamental importance of existing legislative restraints on secondary boycott industrial action. The President of the BCA, Mr Campbell Anderson, said today: “Any proposal to restore to unions the economic and industrial power...

BCA Welcomes Australian Research Council Report

The Business Council of Australia today welcomed the release of the Australian Research Council’s report Investing in Our Future. The Executive Director of the BCA, Mr David Buckingham, said the information on patent activity provided clear benchmarks on Australian innovation,...

BCA Welcomes Population Debate

  The Business Council of Australia today welcomed support for a debate about Australia’s immigration policy but said it did not go far enough. The Executive Director of the BCA, Mr David Buckingham, said he was pleased with recent comments...

BCA Releases Energy Report

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. The report, Australia’s Energy Reform: An Incomplete Journey, was prepared for the...

Keep the Finger Off the Greenhouse Trigger: BCA

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. The BCA’s Executive Director, Mr David Buckingham, said...

BCA Welcomes Comments On Tax Option Two

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) 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. Speaking on behalf of the...

Tax Reform: A Much-Needed Investment for the Future

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. Addressing the Property Council of Australia’s Corporate Leaders’ Lunch in Sydney, Mr...

Letter Sent to all State Premiers regarding Australia’s Corporations Law

Dear Premier I am sure that you are already aware of the uncertainty and confusion which surrounds the status of Australia’s Corporations Law following recent decisions of the High Court, culminating in the decision in The Queen v Hughes. Nevertheless,...

Coalition of Peak Bodies Calls for End to Corporations Law ‘Uncertainty’

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...

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