Australia’s Population Future: Sustaining Population Growth and Supporting Participation

16 May 2013
Speech People and Workplaces

In this address to the Australian Population Institute, Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Katie Lahey:

  • outlines why the Business Council of Australia considers population to be so important to Australia’s future
  • explains why we need new thinking that encourages population growth in the 21st-century knowledge economy
  • outlines why sustained population growth and supporting workforce participation are particularly important in the context of population ageing.

Australia’s Population Future: Address to the Australian Population Institute

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