www.nationaltimes.com.auBy Katie Lahey Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has identified the information and communication technologies (ICT) revolution as one of the four long-term forces affecting the Australian economy. The Business Council of Australia also places...
The Australian Financial Review By Katie Lahey Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has sounded a clear warning to the male dominated boardrooms and executive ranks of Australian companies. Her announcement that industrial relations reforms...
The Age By John W.H. Denton Chairman, BCA Global Engagement Task Force Member of Australia’s APEC Business Advisory Council Partly as a consequence of the global financial crisis, we have seen the G20 become the principal global economic policy institution. This...
The Australian Financial Review By Rod Pearse OAM Chairman, BCA Sustainable Growth Task Force If good infrastructure is the groundwork for economic growth, Australia’s recent economic growth has been built on shaky foundations. Large parts of Australia’s infrastructure have been near breaking...
The Australian By Rod Sims Director, Port Jackson Partners Limited Adviser to the BCA Sustainable Growth Task Force Debate is again surfacing over whether Australia can sustain a much higher population, now of 35 million, and also whether Australia can...
This opinion article by Chief Executive, BCA, Katie Lahey was published on the website www.nationaltimes.com.au on 16 October 2009 Right now accountants and lawyers for companies in some of Australia’s most important industries are sitting down to grapple with a...
The Australian By Katie Lahey Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia On September 23, The Australian ran three seemingly unconnected stories. The first reported ophthalmologists’ reaction to the government’s intention to reduce the Medicare rebate for cataract operations, the second...
The Australian Financial Review By John W.H. Denton Chairman, BCA Global Engagement Task Force Trade liberalisation is the missing piece of the global policy response to the financial crisis and recession. Trade ministers met in India recently and signalled the...
The Age By John W.H. Denton Chairman, BCA Global Engagement Task Force In Pittsburgh at the end of last week, world leaders decided to make the G20 the primary global economic forum. This is a very welcome step. The G20 has proven...
The Australian Financial Review By Rod Pearse Chairman BCA Sustainable Growth Task Force The Business Council of Australia identified the problems with our economic infrastructure four years ago. That report in 2005 highlighted bottlenecks at our bulk container ports and...