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IR package is a way forward through the middle ground

This opinion article by chief executive of the Business Council Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Friday 11 December 2020 For decades, attempts at industrial relations reform have generated full-throated noise and division, often with little gain....

Update corporations law to fast-track Australia out of recession

This opinion article by the Business Council's corporate governance working group chair Robert Johanson, Herbert Smith Freehills immediate past global CEO Mark Rigotti, and Ashurst partner Michael Sloan was published in the Australian Financial Review on 6 October 2020.

Tax reform, open borders: we need people working again

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott and Council of Small Business Organisations Australia chief executive Peter Strong was published in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on 25 September 2020 

Potential lies in regional Australia

This opinion article by Marnie Baker, chair of the Business Council's Regional Development working group and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Managing Director, and Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on Friday 28 August 2020  If...

We've spent too long taxing ourselves out of jobs

This article by Rob Scott (Wesfarmers), chair of the Business Council's tax and federation working group first appeared in The Australian on Monday 17 August 2020.

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