The BCA has lodged a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into Commonwealth legal barriers to employing older workers. The BCA submission’s key points are: the BCA strongly supports initiatives that encourage the full economic and social participation...
The Business Council of Australia has made a submission to the International Education Advisory Council in relation to its Discussion Paper for the Development of an International Education Strategy for Australia. The submission lays out some high-level elements the BCA hopes...
The Business Council of Australia welcomes the commitment of the New South Wales Government to improving the performance of the WorkCover system. This BCA submission states the current design and operation of the scheme are not sustainable and are out of...
Australia is well engaged with Asia, with Asian nations last year purchasing almost two thirds of our exports, worth $175 billion. But Australia is not moving fast enough to lift productivity and enable improvements in the competitiveness of industries already...
The Business Council of Australia has been invited by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications to comment on the shipping reform Bills currently before the parliament. The BCA has previously made two public submissions that have highlighted...
With strong growth in global demand for international education expected in coming years, Australia needs to bolster the competitiveness of its already successful international education sector in order to seize these opportunities. Our current student visa assessment level framework is...
This submission argues that it is critical to Australia’s economic growth and prosperity to implement sound long-term energy policies and planning and in the future consider climate change related policies within this context. The release of the Draft Energy White...
The Business Council of Australia is strongly supportive of workplace initiatives that aim to improve gender equality and all efforts to remove barriers to workplace and community participation. We are pleased that the current Bill addresses several of our earlier issues....
This submission is in response to the Community Discussion Paper, Improving Employment Outcomes for Aboriginal People, released by the New South Wales Ministerial Task Force on Aboriginal Affairs. Since 2008 the BCA has committed to a number of initiatives aimed at...
The Business Council of Australia is committed to policies that foster productivity and competitiveness and deliver shared prosperity. Access for all Australians to secure income and employment opportunities is fundamental to that aspiration. This supplementary submission to the Review of...