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US, China visits pave way for economic benefits

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on 13 November 2023 Last weekend a contingent of Australian businesses and CEOs arrived in Shanghai for the China International Import Expo and a Business...

IR changes don’t fix fundamental policy flaws

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Bran Black was published in The Australian on Wednesday, 1 November 2023 The best thing said about the Government’s supposed concessions on the omnibus workplace relations bill is the acknowledgement of serious...

Radical casual work overhaul will cost jobs

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Bran Black was published in Australian Financial Review on Wednesday, 18 October 2023  There are countless flaws with the Federal Government’s radical overhaul of the workplace relations system, but the biggest by...

Send Fair Work changes back to drawing board

This opinion article was published in The Australian on Thursday 21 September 2023 and was co-authored by Bran Black, chief executive of the Business Council, Luke Achterstraat, CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, Innes Willox, chief executive of Ai Group, Andrew McKellar, CEO of the Australian Chamber of...

Workplace changes need review

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Bran Black was published in The Daily Telegraph on Friday, 15 September 2023  This week I started my new role as Business Council chief executive and I've been reading up to hit...

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