The Business Council of Australia has made a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Inquiry into Environmental Offsets.The use of environmental offsets is an important component of environmental regulation and provides businesses with a mechanism to...
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...
The Business Council of Australia has made a submission to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia, which is considering policies for developing the parts of Australia that lie north of the Tropic of Capricorn, spanning Western Australia, the Northern...
The submission says that the inquiry into new taxes can make a helpful contribution to the understanding of the broader community about the importance of tax reform in underpinning Australia’s productivity, growth and community wellbeing. It discusses how the design...
This submission to the Department of Employment comments on proposed new reporting requirements and minimum standards under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.One of the goals included in the Business Council of Australia Action Plan for Enduring Prosperity, released in...
Australia needs a comprehensive and coherent energy policy that maximises competitive advantage in energy through efficient markets and drives growth in our energy exports, while minimising Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions in line with global efforts. Any policy instrument designed to...
The 2014–15 Budget has the opportunity to set Australia up for sustained economic growth if it puts the fiscal strategy back on track. The Business Council of Australia 2014–15 Budget Submission calls for a decade-long, three-pillar strategy to repair the...
The Business Council of Australia has made a submission to the Department of Industry on the Energy White Paper Issues Paper. The submission recommends that, through the Energy White Paper, the federal government establishes a framework and agenda that is...
This is the Business Council of Australia Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Overseas Aid and Development Assistance Program. This submission incorporates the BCA Submission to the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness,...
This is a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Inquiry into the Infrastructure Australia Amendment Bill 2013. The Business Council of Australia supports Infrastructure Australia having the independence and resources needed to provide...