2014 Opinion Articles
Tertiary Education Reform: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article, by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott, was published in The Australian on 13 December 2014 under the title ‘Tertiary Revamp Must Include State Support’. Given the failure of the Senate to pass the government’s...

Privatisation of Electricity Networks: Opinion Article by Jennifer Westacott in the Daily Telegraph

This opinion article, by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott, was published in the Daily Telegraph on 8 December 2014 under the title ‘Price Is a Powerful Reason to Privatise’. A decade ago Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM)...

Free Trade Agreements Are an Opportunity for Australia: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article, by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott, was published in The Australian on 22 November 2014 under the title ‘Free Trade Agreements Open Window of Opportunity for Australia’. Australia has had a very good week....

Australia’s Energy Advantages: Article by Jennifer Westacott in The Australian

This is an edited extract of the Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott’s opening speech at the BCA Energy Forum in Sydney on 10 November 2014, where the BCA launched its report, Australia’s Energy Advantages. It was published in...

Regulation Reform Is Needed: Article by Jennifer Westacott in The Australian

This opinion article, by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott, was published in The Australian on 1 November 2014 under the title ‘As Well as Reducing Red Tape, We Need to Change Culture of Regulation’. If you ask...

Trans-Pacific Partnership an Economic Opportunity: Article in the AFR

This opinion article by BCA Global Engagement Task Force Chairman and Corrs Chambers Westgarth CEO John W.H. Denton, American Chamber of Commerce CEO Niels Marquardt and US Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice-President Tami Overby was published in the Australian Financial...

Higher Education Reforms Deserve Support: Article by Jennifer Westacott in The Australian

This opinion article by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 18 October under the title ‘Nation Should Back Education Reforms.’ Education is fundamentally important to Australia’s future prosperity. It provides people with the skills and...

Article on Company Tax by Jennifer Westacott and Frank Drenth

This opinion article by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott and Corporate Tax Association Executive Director Frank Drenth was published in The Sydney Morning Herald under the title ‘Misleading Report May Set Back Vital Tax-Reform Debate,’ and in The Age under...

Building Australia’s Innovation System: Article by Jennifer Westacott in The Australian

This opinion article by the Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, was published in The Australian on 4 October 2014 under the title ‘Growth Must Be innovation-led: So What Are We Doing About It?’ If the...

Economic Reform Is Needed: Article by Jennifer Westacott in The Australian

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, was published in The Australian on 29 September 2014 under the title ‘Government Needs To Sell Its Reforms To Voters’. Anyone following discussions around the G20...

Latest news


Opinion articles archive

Opinion articles archive

Opinion articles archive