This opinion piece by Jennifer Westacott Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, was published in Business Spectator on 25 November 2013 under the title ‘The $600 Billion Question for Canberra’. The new government has come into office with...
This opinion article by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on 19 November 2013 under the title ‘Keep Politics Away from Carbon Policy’. With the introduction this week of legislation to repeal the carbon...
This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Deputy Chief Executive Maria Tarrant was published in the Geelong Advertiser on 29 October 2013 under the title 'Big Business Wants to Hear Your Ideas'. The Business Council of Australia is currently...
This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Deputy Chief Executive Maria Tarrant was published in the Townsville Bulletin on 22 October 2013 under the title ‘Thinking Big to Cement Future’. The Business Council of Australia is currently taking part...
This opinion article by Business Council of Australia President Tony Shepherd was published in The Australian Financial Review on 23 October 2013 under the title ‘Sell Assets and Spend on Infrastructure’. With union leader Paul Howes using a recent essay...
This opinion article by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 12 October 2013 under the title ‘It’s Time for Rethink on Energy Action Plan’. It is the sixth in a series of columns exploring the...
Opinion article by John W.H. Denton, Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Corrs Chambers Westgarth published in The Australian Financial Review on 19 September 2013. The incoming government’s commitment to injecting a measure of pragmatism into our key trade negotiations is...
This opinion article by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 7 September 2013 under the title ‘Infrastructure the Top Priority for New Government’. It is the fifth in a series of columns exploring the Business...
Article by Tony Shepherd, President of the Business Council of Australia, published in The Australian on 30 August 2013With little more than a week to go in a campaign that has been disappointing in dealing with the real structural budget...
This opinion article by Mission Australia Chief Executive Toby Hall and BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Age on 26 August 2013 under the title ‘Are We Mature Enough for a Genuine Tax Debate?’. In an ideal...