The Business Council supports a nationally coordinated approach to ensuring air quality. The proposed National Clean Air Agreement provides a possible framework for governments and businesses to continually collaborate to ensure good air quality, and address emerging air quality concerns....
Australia needs a visionary approach to workplace relations that rises above the ideological issues of the past and delivers a system that is fit for the 21st century. The BCA's submission to the Productivity Commission's Review of the Workplace Relations...
Submission to the Productivity Commission Study of Mutual Recognition Schemes Mutual recognition schemes help businesses find the right people for the right jobs, increase competition and choice among goods for consumers, and are becoming increasingly important for expanding cross-jurisdictional trade....
Update: Click here for the BCA Statement on the 2015-16 Federal Budget 12 May 2015 The submission calls for a fundamental reset of the fiscal strategy and budget process to solve the structural fiscal problem that will inevitably worsen without...
Submission on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Proposal Paper - 'Simplification of the skilled migration and temporary activity visa programmes.' Australia needs an efficient and well functioning skilled migration programme as part of a long-term economic strategy to...
Submission to the Productivity Commission Review of Barriers to Business Entries and Exits in the Australian Economy Australia needs a vibrant, dynamic business environment that drives economic growth and job creation. To achieve this, policies should need to encourage business...
Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance and MinimisationThis inquiry is an opportunity for a considered and evidence-based debate on the emerging issues of global taxation arrangements. The BCA's starting point is that businesses must...
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Privatisation of State and Territory Assets and New Infrastructure Australia needs ongoing investment in productive infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population and support economic growth. The government’s Asset Recycling Initiative...
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples The Business Council of Australia is committed to helping create the social and economic conditions in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples...