This opinion article by Tim Reed, chief executive of MYOB and chairman of the Business Council Innovation Task Force, was published by Business Insider on January 18. When Malcolm Turnbull launched the National Innovation and Science Agenda in December 2015,...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on Wednesday 28 December 2016. When it comes to tumultuous years, 2016 certainly stands out. The essential challenge for next year is to seize the opportunities, and avoid the...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on Tuesday 20 December 2016. As if our politicians needed another reality check, the message from the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook was unequivocal: the nation simply cannot spend what...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Courier-Mail on Tuesday 20 December 2016. Arguments for burdening enterprises with high taxes demand to be challenged. Last week columnist Paul Williams made several claims about the Turnbull Government’s plan to...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Advertiser on Monday 12 December 2016. The latest figures showing Australian schoolchildren have further slipped down the global education rankings would have sounded alarm bells for a lot of parents. It’s...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Weekend Australian on Saturday 3 December 2016. Is Australia next? People are now legitimately asking this following the year’s seismic political shiftsin the United States and Britain. Although the...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 21 November, 2016. Populist politicians who target business should tell their voters to expect years of low growth - and tell them why. To...
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Townsville Bulletin on 4 November. Queenslanders, particularly those from the north of the state, are famous for their “have a go” attitude. Living so far from the so-called halls of...
This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott (pictured) was published in The Advertiser on 27 October 2016. Imagine what could be achieved with ... $300m in investment in SA every year WHEN Australian businesses are not globally competitive, the...
This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Daily Telegraph on 20 October 2016. The Prime Minister wrote in a column this week that the case is overwhelming for parliament to pass legislation to re-establish the...