The Business Council of Australia said today that further details of the ALP’s workplace relations platform released at the weekend confirmed business fears that Labor’s policy amounted to a significant reversal of workplace flexibility that would threaten the nation’s economic...
A new report on business taxation in Australia has found that the country’s business sector is being increasingly weighed down by a tax system which is inefficient, overly complex and levies too many taxes for little return. The report, Tax...
The Business Council of Australia has agreed on a policy position to tackle climate change involving sustainable emissions reduction strategies while protecting Australia’s economic base. As foreshadowed in the BCA’s interim submission to the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Emissions...
Business today welcomed the release of the federal government’s 2007 Intergenerational Report, saying the report showed the importance of strategic policy action in tackling the challenges of an ageing population. BCA Chief Executive, Katie Lahey, said the report’s finding that...
The Business Council has outlined a series of principles around a ‘cap and trade’ scheme to tackle greenhouse emissions as part of a framework which it believes can provide the foundation for an integrated global solution to emissions reduction. The...
The Business Council of Australia is calling on the federal government to commit to real improvements in federal–state relations, as well as reversing Australia’s declining business tax competitiveness, as major reform priorities for 2007. In its federal Budget Submission released...
The Business Council of Australia has called for real concessions by all parties to break the impasse in the Doha round of trade negotiations. In welcoming the decision by trade ministers to resume negotiations, the Chairman of the BCA’s Task...
25 January 2007 The Business Council of Australia welcomes the long-term plan to address Australia’s water crisis outlined by Prime Minister John Howard today. BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey said the plan provided a comprehensive strategy to fix Australia’s rural...