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Five reasons to be cheerful about the Australian economy

This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Financial Review on Thursday 24 January 2019. Economics is sometimes known as the dismal science. Which is a shame, because at its heart economics is ultimately about...

Pointless raising carbon targets with no road to get there

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 16 January 2019. After a decade of dysfunction and gridlock on climate and energy policy in Australia, it’s about time commentators, some...

It's just immoral to lock people into unemployment

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 7 January 2019. The question of what type of workplace relations system Australia needs is back in the frame again. The contest...

Hobble business, and hard working Australians suffer

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in theAustralian on Thursday 29 December 2018. As we reflect on the end of the year, we normally make wishes, but sometimes we have to be careful what we...

Quality - and not just quantity - counts in budget saving and spending

This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Financial Review on Thursday 20 December 2018. After 11 budget deficits, and six years after Wayne Swan forecast a surplus in his 2012-13 budget, it is now...

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