As the federal government prepares to release a series of papers about Australia’s population, the BCA has developed a framework to help Australians weigh up choices for the future. The Framework for the Development of Australia’s Population Strategy offers a...
Australian businesses are continuing to be shackled by costly red tape, a new scorecard by the Business Council of Australia has found. The BCA 2010 Scorecard of Red Tape Reform provides an assessment, in summary and full form, of the regulation-making...
This paper highlights the shared interests of large and small businesses, exposing vast common ground on which progress can be made in strengthening Australia’s economy. The paper, Working in Parallel: Large and Small Businesses Succeeding Side by Side was developed to...
This report marks the second instalment of the Business Council of Australia’s reporting on the Indigenous engagement efforts of its membership. It confirms that BCA members are showing real leadership in committing their people and companies to playing a significant...
December 2009 This letter, to Health Minister Nicola Roxon, outlines why health care needs to be treated as a system, and why taking a microeconomic lens to the challenges facing that system add new policy options to those traditionally available....
Can Australia be more economically successful and more socially responsible? Eighty-five per cent of respondents to a BCA-commissioned survey say Australia can do both. Australia stands on the threshold of a new era of growth and prosperity. The right policy settings...
April 2004 This report, Australia’s Population Future, was prepared for the Business Council of Australia by Professor Glenn Withers AO, ANU and Applied Economics Pty Ltd. Australia’s Population Future
Attracting the foreign investment required to support economic prosperity has long been one of Australia’s strengths. Foreign investment has added to domestic savings to provide the capital needed to invest in competitive businesses. It has supported stronger economic growth, contributing...
The Business Council of Australia has set out five high-level principles for taxation reform to support investment, jobs and growth, and more efficient national wealth creation. The five principles are that: 1. The tax system should support investment and growth...
As Australia emerges from a period of low growth and considerable fiscal stimulus, governments face a new challenge: successfully managing the recovery. In this environment, fiscal policy should seek to return the Budget to surplus and reset fiscal priorities to...