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Imagine an Australia without successful businesses

This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on 8 April 2024 Corporate Australia has become the national punching bag, but successful large businesses underpin our way of life Australian business doesn’t always...

Greens’ supermarket break-up bill poses threat to prices, jobs

This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on 25 March 2024 This week parliament will consider a new law that could increase supermarket checkout costs, rather than making them cheaper. The Greens...

Incentives are the key to growth

This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Bran Black was published in The Daily Telegraph on 23 February 2024 No one needs to be told how bad our housing crisis is. What we need are some practical solutions -...

Unpick tortuous red tape patchwork to cure housing woes

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Bran Black was published in The West Australian on 19 February 2024 No one needs to be told how bad our housing crisis is. What we need are some practical solutions and they...

Radical industrial relations reform an economic risk Australia can’t afford

This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Bran Black and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia Chief Executive Officer Luke Achterstraat was published in The Australian on 22 January 2024. Bad policy does not discriminate: radical industrial relations reform...

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