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2008 Submissions
Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee Inquiry into the Fair Work Bill 2008
The Rudd Government has an electoral mandate for changes to the existing workplace relations system. In the lead-up to the 2007 federal election, it spelled out how it proposed to effect these major changes. Since gaining office, the government has...
Submission to the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into the Statutory Definition of Unconscionable Conduct
The BCA supports appropriate and proportionate laws to promote competition and protect Australian consumers, but it views the existing legislation provides such protection while ensuring that business is also provided with a regime that is workable and certain. The current...
Submission to Infrastructure Australia on Australia’s Future Infrastructure Requirements
Australia has $20 billion a year to gain from smarter spending on new infrastructure investments, and from making more efficient use of existing investments. Australia faces several major blockages to efficient infrastructure investment: We are not planning enough for future...
Initial Submission to the Australia’s Future Tax System Review
Initial Submission to the Henry review of Australia’s Future Tax System Tax reform is central to Australia’s long-term prosperity. Policy frameworks must be set with an eye towards long-term strategic growth and flexibility, so that we can benefit from integration...
Submission to the Treasury ‘Creeping Acquisitions’ Discussion Paper
The BCA supports robust and effective competition law, because competition is important to maintain adequate consumer choice and to keep prices low. Effective and proportionate restrictions on merger activity to promote competition are appropriate. The existing legislation provides such protection...
Submission on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper
Australia should take a long-term and risk management approach to climate change policy which incorporates both mitigation and adaptation elements, is calibrated to international responses and builds on our skills, resources and regional location. The economic, social and environmental risks...
Submission to the Review of the Australian Higher Education System
August 2008 Higher education has a vital contribution to make in preparing and positioning Australia for the new and emerging challenges and opportunities that will transform the global environment in the 21st century. These developments include the continuing rise of...
Submission on the Design Options for the Expanded National Renewable Energy Target Scheme
The federal government has identified both the setting of emissions reduction targets and the implementation of a national emissions trading scheme by 2010 as key components of its climate change policy response. The federal government has simultaneously announced the implementation...
Submission on the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
Any proposals to amend or reform the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA) require proper economic analysis and consideration of both the policy objectives and practical effect of the proposals. This submission discusses the following key issues and makes the...
Submission on the Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Bill 2007
The BCA supports robust and effective competition law, because it is an important element of business regulation in Australia. Effective competition is important to maintain adequate consumer choice and to keep prices low. Any amendments that may stifle ordinary and...