Business contribution to Australia

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  • Employs 10 million of the 12 million Australians who work – 5 out of every 6 jobs
  • Contributes about 80 per cent of Australia’s final economic output
  • Pays over $80 billion a year in company tax
  • Activity between small, medium & large business is around $500 billion a year
  • Responsible for Australia’s export income
  • Almost 6 million everyday Australians own shares in Australian companies
  • Around $400 billion in everyday Australians’ superannuation investments are in Australian listed companies

What's New

New OECD report shows Australia must act to boost investment

An OECD report released overnight confirms that Australia is falling behind in the global battle to attract the investment we need to create jobs, grow wages and boost living standards,...

Pointless raising carbon targets with no road to get there

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 16 January 2019. After a decade of dysfunction and gridlock on climate...

Statement on recent St Kilda protests

The business community condemns racist demonstrations in Melbourne over the weekend. Migrants are valued members across the entire community, including in the business sector, where they are some of our...