COAG Promise Welcomed but the Test Will Be Real Action The Business Council of Australia welcomes the commitment at today’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting by the federal and state government first ministers to a new era of cooperation....
Federal, state and territory leaders must use the opportunity presented by this week’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting to agree to a Charter for New Federalism, the Business Council of Australia says. This charter will lay the foundations for Australia...
Joint business statement on the Doha Round of trade negotiations, issued 10 December 2007 As business stakeholders in the global economy and representatives of key economic drivers of worldwide trade, investment and employment, we, the undersigned, call upon our national...
The BCA welcomes the New South Wales Government’s energy strategy as an important contribution to improving the efficiency of energy investment and delivery in Australia’s largest economy. The BCA also welcomes the strategy as a mechanism to unlock investment towards...
The Business Council of Australia welcomes the commitment of the new federal government to make economic prosperity for all Australians its primary goal for the coming term. BCA President Mr Greig Gailey congratulated Mr Rudd on his win and...
The BCA has emphasised increasing the linkages between research and business, especially when research is at an early stage, in order to maximise the opportunity to better utilise new ideas. We view the ALP’s ‘Researchers in Business’ proposal as...
The BCA welcomes the ALP’s commitment to undertake a broad-based review of Australia’s trade policies and programs. There are new and emerging opportunities and challenges in global markets and Australia needs to make certain it is using its policy settings...
This is the text of a letter to the editor of The Australian by Michael Chaney (BCA President, 2005–2007), published on 27 October 2007. Your article (“Rejection of Kyoto a mistake, says BCA”, 26 October) conveys an incorrect interpretation of...
New policy thinking and concerted action, led by the next federal government, is needed if Australia is to reduce the unacceptable number of Australians who are jobless or on the margins of the workforce at a time of record employment....
The Business Council of Australia has challenged the major political parties to focus on policies needed to secure Australia’s long-term economic future, after Prime Minister John Howard today announced a general election for 24 November. “With the election underway now...