This submission was prepared by the Business Council of Australia in response to the Productivity Commission consultation paper titled Carbon Policy Assistance Reviews: The Commission’s Tasks. That consultation paper raises a number of important policy and process matters and highlights...
The Fair Work Act is not supporting Australian businesses to stay competitive in a particularly challenging economic environment. This is the chief message of the Business Council of Australia submission to the government review of the Fair Work Act. The submission, which...
The Business Council of Australia has lodged a submission to the Board of Taxation on the Tax Studies Institute. In the submission the council argues that the government’s proposed Tax Studies Institute will need to have a strong mandate and...
This submission considers the options proposed in the Price Floor for Australia’s Carbon Pricing Mechanism discussion paper . Australia’s policy response to the risks associated with climate change should be workable, at lowest possible cost, fiscally responsible and not make...
This is the full Business Council of Australia Budget Submission 2012–13. The 2012–13 Budget could be a watershed for Australia but it requires the government to do more than stay on the same path of fiscal consolidation that it outlined...
The Business Council of Australia has lodged a submission with the Department of Infrastructure and Transport on the Exposure Draft of the Coastal Trading Bill 2012. The submission reiterates the BCA’s concerns that proposed reform of Australia’s coastal shipping sector...
The Business Council of Australia strongly supports a more inclusive, non-discriminatory society. But we need a simpler system of anti-discrimination laws to provide the community with better access to a more consistent set of laws, and to reduce the compliance...