Strong wages driven by higher pay in the private sector calls into question the need for a dramatic expansion of untrialled multiemployer bargaining, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “Businesses are delivering the strongest rate of wages growth in...
A new agreement between Indonesia’s peak business group KADIN and the Business Council of Australia, signed alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Bali, will help expand trade, build economic opportunities and lift living standards in both nations, Business Council chief...
We welcome the government’s willingness to make amendments that help minimise some of the worst unintended consequences of proposed workplace relations changes, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “It’s good that the government has listened to some of businesses’...
Business welcomes the Albanese government’s bid to host COP31 along with our partners in the Pacific, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “Australia is now a climate leader, so it’s only fit and proper that Australia join with other...
The Fair Work Commission’s decision to boost pay in the aged care sector is a win for workers and shows that a considered, careful workplace relations system can deliver, Jennifer Westacott said. “This is a win for low paid workers...