2016 Opinion Articles
How Our Tax System is Holding Back Families and Workers

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Daily Telegraph on 16 March 2016. While the tax debate has fixated on particular taxes, we’ve lost sight of what it all...

Real Growth Needs Real Tax Reform

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Daily Telegraph on 9 March 2016.   Many Australians feel like they are working harder than ever before but not seeing the results of their...

We Need to Get the NDIS Right from the Outset

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian on 7 March 2016.   As we head into another set of budget deliberations, we are again confronted with how on earth...

Reinstating the ABCC the Easiest Decision the Senate Can Make

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Weekend Australian on 27 February 2016. Reinstating the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) should be the easiest decision the Australian Senate can...

Everyone Wins if We Simplify Tax

This opinion article by Catherine Livingstone, President of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian on 11 February 2016. Australia needs to take a step back from the polarised national debate we are having about the goods and services...

Cutting Company Tax Rate Will Help Release Agricultural Bounty: Priorities For Prosperity

This essay by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott and National Farmers Federation chief executive Tony Mahar was published in The Weekend Australian on 11 February 2017. It was the second in a series exploring the challenges to Australian prosperity. Farmers across Australia are...

Doing Nothing on Tax Reform is Simply Not an Option

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian Financial Review on 8 February 2016 under the title 'GST reform will fix progressive bracket creep'.  Leaving our tax system the...

Economic Reforms Needed to Build a Better Future

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia was published in The Australian on 23 January 2016 under the title 'Genuine economic reforms are needed to build a better future for our children'. This...

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