The Australian Financial Review By Jennifer Westacott Chief Executive Business Council of Australia Today’s Council of Australian Governments meeting will once again test the mettle of government leaders on their commitment to creating a sustainable healthcare system. It is disappointing...
The Australian By Jennifer Westacott Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia As we await the federal government’s release of details of its carbon pricing policies, it is worth reminding ourselves of the objective of the whole exercise: an Australian contribution...
The Australian By Graham Bradley President, Business Council of Australia The recent federal budget should be applauded on two counts: for its first steps towards spending restraint and for its investment in productive capacity, especially skills development, which will help...
The Australian By Jennifer Westacott Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia Next week’s federal Budget can underpin a new era of prosperity for Australians in the Asia–Pacific Century by increasing our skilled workforce through effective skills development and migration, and...
The Australian Financial Review By Graham Bradley President, Business Council of Australia Australian and Chinese businesses took an important step in developing relationships at the second CEO Roundtable in Beijing just concluded. The meeting brought together 25 of the most...
The Australian Financial Review Robert Milliner Chairman, former BCA Business Reform Task Force Governments everywhere strive to improve the quality of their regulation-making processes knowing that bad regulation can lead to poor economic and social outcomes in an increasingly competitive...
The Australian By Michael Andrew Chairman, former BCA Education, Skills and Innovation Task Force Australia’s higher education sector makes a vital contribution to maintaining a strong and productive economy. But this sector can make an even greater contribution to productivity...
Herald Sun By Graham Bradley President, Business Council of Australia Imagine the prospect of an Australia where government simply can’t afford to provide the standard of health and education we have today, let alone improve it. Imagine the impact on...
The Australian By Rohan Mead Chairman, former BCA Healthy Australia Task Force The limited fundamental healthcare outcomes from yesterday’s COAG meeting highlight the continuing failure to make the necessary connections between health reform, productivity and workforce participation. Research conducted by...
Note from Graham Bradley: Seeing the article in today’s paper, written just before Christmas, it struck me how much can change in a few short weeks. The disaster in Queensland reminds us that we can never afford to imagine that...