2009 Media Releases
Better Processes the Key to Executive Remuneration

  Statement from BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey The Productivity Commission’s discussion draft on executive remuneration in Australia makes an important contribution to constructive public debate on executive pay. Simplistic, one-size-fits-all approaches, such as pay caps, are not the answer....

Business Groups on the Same Page on OHS Harmonisation

Leading business and industry groups have joined together in urging all governments to support one system of workplace safety laws at a crucial meeting tomorrow. The Australian Industry Group, the Business Council of Australia and the Minerals Council of Australia...

Preventative Health Report Shines Light on Health Challenges

Today’s report of the Preventative Health Taskforce underlines the importance of preventative health measures in making Australia healthier and more productive, says BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey. The BCA strongly supports the government’s greater focus on preventative health and the...

Victorian Teaching Excellence Trials Focus on the Right Priority

The Business Council of Australia today said the Victorian Government had taken an important step in announcing the trialling of new methods to reward excellent teaching and school performance. BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey said that business strongly supported strategies...

Western Australia Leads with Important School Principle

The Business Council of Australia has welcomed the announcement that West Australian school principals will be able to make staffing, resource and curriculum decisions. BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey said Australian business leaders support reforms to school education that will...

Statement on the Release of the Frontier Economics Report on the CPRS

Statement from BCA President Greig Gailey on the Release of the Frontier Economics Report on the CPRS   A 10 per cent unconditional reduction of carbon emissions by 2020, as modelled by Frontier Economics, would impose high costs on the...

Achieving Workplace Collaboration Is a Job Not Yet Done

Australia risks slower economic growth without a greater focus on preventing disputes in the new industrial relations system, BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey says. The BCA discussion paper, Embedding Workplace Collaboration: Preventing Disputes, was launched today. It is the first...

Community Will Benefit from Reshaping Our Tax System

All Australians stand to gain from bold tax reform that includes lower business tax, Business Council of Australia President Greig Gailey says. Mr Gailey said tax reforms to attract more investment and international business would be critical in coming years...

Major Surgery Needed to Restore the Nation to Health

A comprehensive national strategy including an independent body that can integrate Australia’s fragmented health services must underpin the federal government’s response to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) report. BCA Chief Executive Katie Lahey said that the federal...

Indigenous Commitments Welcome but Economic Reform Lags

The Business Council of Australia welcomes the agreement by COAG today to step up efforts to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage, but concerns remain that progress in the vital business deregulation agenda is slipping. The BCA acknowledges the leadership of...

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