This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Daily Telegraph on 10 June 2016. We all know election campaigns are a hothouse for claims, counterclaims, accusations and exaggerations. Australians have a lot of common...
This opinion article by BCA Member and Wesfarmers Chief Executive Richard Goyder (pictured) was published in The Australian on 9 June 2016. I am privileged to lead one of Australia’s leading companies. Wesfarmers is this country’s largest employer with approximately...
This opinion article by Innes Willox, Australian Industry Group, James Pearson, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jennifer Westacott, Business Council of Australia and Brendan Pearson, Minerals Council of Australia was published in The Australian Financial Review on 9 June 2016. This election,...
This opinion article by Business Council Member and MYOB CEO Tim Reed was published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 June 2016. Imagine if our Aussie swim team turned up to compete at the Rio Olympics, only to be told...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Daily Telegraph on 27 May 2016. When politicians feel comfortable joking about putting another million dollars on the “spend-o-meter” we have entered strange days indeed...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in the Weekend Australian on 30 April 2016. On the eve of the federal Budget, and more likely an election, the issue of fairness is becoming a...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published on The Australian Financial Review website on 21 April 2016. Embracing the possibilities created by digitisation and connectivity in all aspects of our lives is essential for Australia...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Daily Telegraph on 11 April 2016. As the countdown begins in earnest for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, public debate is intensifying about how...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in the Weekend Australia on 2 April 2016. A collaborative and respectful workplace culture is an essential precondition for the improved innovation and productivity that is needed...
This opinion article by Catherine Livingstone, President of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian Financial Review on 21 March 2016. The Federal government has decided to amend Section 46 of our competition laws and introduce changes that will...