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Supplier payment code now covering more than half a trillion in revenue

The Business Council’s supplier payment code now covers more than half a trillion dollars’ worth of revenue with some of the biggest players at the centre of Australia’s most important supply chains underscoring their long held commitment to small business...

Guidelines risk stalling the economy

It was a reckless decision by Western Australia’s Environment Protection Authority to release their carbon emissions guidelines yesterday, particularly when economic figures are already sluggish, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said today.       “We call on the WA Government to...

Stronger economic growth needed to boost wages

Today’s national accounts figures reveal a sluggish economy growing too slowly to deliver the growing wages and new jobs Australians deserve, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said. “Australians are rightly crying out for wages growth but we can’t deliver...

Indonesian trade agreement vital for Australia’s competitiveness

A trade agreement with one of our nearest neighbours will help raise living standards in both Australia and Indonesia through freer trade and investment, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said today. “Australia now more than ever needs to double...

Planning decisions must remain independent

The NSW Opposition’s commitment to ignore independent planning processes if elected and block the $3 billion investment in the Narrabri gas project undermines the confidence and jeopardises the investment needed to create new jobs and boost energy supply, Business Council...

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