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Business welcomes plan for stronger economic links with Southeast Asia

The Business Council welcomes the government’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040, developed under the leadership of Mr Nicholas Moore AO, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “Southeast Asia is a critical region for Australian business. The region’s population...

IR changes to add cost, complexity and delay

The Government’s changes to workplace relations, as set out in today’s Bill and introduced into parliament, represents one of the most radical overhauls of Australia’s system in decades and will impact every worker, contractor and business at a time of...

Radical IR shake-up will not deliver well paid jobs

Australians should have safe jobs, well paid jobs and rewarding jobs, but the government’s radical shake-up of the industrial relations system will not deliver that, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “These changes will create confusion and extra costs...

IGR is a wake-up call to protect Australian living standards

The Intergenerational Report has sounded the alarm on the urgent need to grow our economy faster by lifting productivity and driving investment, which will improve living standards, drive more revenue to government and sustain higher wages, Business Council chief executive...

Competition review must drive productivity

The Business Council welcomes the Government’s announcement of a competition review and taskforce intent on improving Australia’s dwindling productivity, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “The Business Council’s report, Seize the moment, pointed to Australia’s falling economic dynamism, the...

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