2015 Opinion Articles

18 December 2015

Start from the Right End of the Tax Reform Debate: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian Financial Review on 12 November 2015 under the title 'Start tax...

8 December 2015

Agenda is an Opportunity for Australia to Realise our Potential

This opinion article by Catherine Livingstone, President of the Business Council of Australia, was published in The Australian Financial Review on 8 December 2015, under the title 'New package a...

4 December 2015

The Changing Nature of Work

This joint opinion article by Catherine Livingstone, President of the Business Council of Australia and Richard Dobbs, a Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, was published in The Australian Financial...

30 November 2015

Competition Reform Needs to Focus on Consumers

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian on 28 November 2015 under the title 'Consumer choice at heart...

26 October 2015

Right Approach and Facts Needed for Workplace Relations Reform: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian on 24 October 2015 under the titile '24/7 economy needs workplace...

26 October 2015

A Workplace System for a Modern Economy: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, was published in The Australian on 24 October 2015 under the title '24/7 economy needs workplace...

28 September 2015

Workplace Relations Reform: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, was published in The Australian on 26 September 2015 under the title 'Workplace relations system must...

7 September 2015

China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Must be Passed: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, was published in The Daily Telegraph on 7 September 2015 under the title ‘ChAFTA is a...

24 August 2015

National Productivity: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian Finanical Review on 24 August 2015 under the titile 'Poor productivity...

14 August 2015

Job Creation in the Age of Disruption: Article by Jennifer Westacott

This is an edited extract of the Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture delivered by BCA Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott at The Sydney University Business School on 13 August 2015. It was published...