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So what’s fair in work and pay?

This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 October 2018. Australians have a strong concept of fairness. It shapes much of our dialogue, from sport to policy. Few things cut...

Now you are students but you must prepare to lead

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in Herald Sun on 20 September 2018. I am bewildered by what has played out in our national capital. We have to rise above any attempts to entrench a small-minded political culture, characterised by...

The Australia Institute: climate wreckers

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on 30 August 2018. It’s important that groups like the Business Council are clear on the policies that matter to all Australians – such as education and skills, tax...

Nations prosper best with a competitive tax structure

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 20 August 2018. There has never been a more critical juncture than right now to ­remind our politicians to be careful what they wish for. After all, those in Canberra...

Business buzzing over energy aim

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 3 August 2018. Promising cheaper power and emissions cuts, NEG is a positive for the economy For more than a decade the political debate over energy and climate change policy...

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