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Opinion article: Pay states to slash payroll tax on jobs

This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Australian Financial Review on 5 December 2024. It’s always puzzled me that we spend so much time talking about creating jobs, and so little...

Future prosperity starts with lifting our productivity

This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on 20 November 2024. Australia has a big problem hiding behind a deceptively boring name: “productivity growth”. If we don’t fix it, our...

How to put heat on councils and get homes built, now

This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Daily Telegraph on 16 October 2024. With too few homes to go around, and fierce demand for what we have, Australia is facing a...

Raising the bar against mergers will rob everyone of benefits

This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black was published in the Australian Financial Review on 2 September 2024.. Last month, federal Treasury released draft merger reform laws which I’m concerned may do more harm than...

AUKUS isn’t just subs in SA, it’s whole-of-economy transformation – if we’re smart

This opinion article by Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on 17 August 2024. We need a national wake-up call if we are to avoid letting our greatest industrial opportunity slip. I am...

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