This is a joint statement by the Australian Chamber, Australian Industry Group, and the Business Council of Australia. Australia’s vocational education and training system was once the envy of the world. State and federal governments worked in partnership with industry...
The Business Council of Australia welcomes the government’s announcement today of the new Service Skills Organisations (SSOs) to develop Training Packages for the manufacturing, automotive, and mining and drilling sectors. “We are pleased to see the government getting on with...
“Market volatility in the wake of the US Presidential Election underscores the absolute imperative on our own political leaders to strengthen Australia’s competitiveness and repair the Budget, so that our economy remains prosperous amid global shifts,” Business Council Chief Executive...
The Board of the Business Council has unanimously resolved to appoint Mr Grant King, former Origin Energy Managing Director and one of Australia’s most respected business leaders, as their next President. Mr King will replace outgoing President, Ms Catherine Livingstone,...
“Our thoughts today are with the employees of the Hazlewood power station and the wider Latrobe Valley community,” Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott said. “Australia is currently in the midst of an inevitable transition to a lower-emission electricity system...
Small changes should be made to the replacement of the VET FEE-HELP (VFH) program to minimise the impact on students and the VET market, a joint submission from the Australian Industry Group and the Business Council of Australia argues. Business...
Business leaders must take their employees’ mental health as seriously as they take their physical workplace safety, more than 60 senior executives were told today at the Business Council’s Mentally Healthy Workplaces Discussion. The forum, organised by the Business Council...
"As a representative of South Australians, Senator Nick Xenophon should reconsider limiting company income tax cuts to small businesses only because this will represent a massive missed opportunity to revive his state’s flagging economy,” Business Council of Australia Chief Executive...
Joint statement by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australian Industry Group and Business Council of Australia Unlawful behaviour by unions on Australia’s building and construction sites may reach crisis point unless Parliament acts now to restore the Australian...
“Federal Parliament needs to look no further than the video which surfaced today of a union official’s threatening conduct on a Queensland building site when it comes to voting on the restoration of the Australian Building and Construction Commission,” Business...