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Why is Labor attacking the right to work casually for higher pay?

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott AO was published in The Australian Financial Review on Thursday, 6 July 2023  Higher take home pay and the flexibility to work when Australians want could be at risk under...

Why the government’s proposed IR shake-up risks our economic credentials

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott AO was published in The Australian on Tuesday, 20 June 2023  We all want Australians to have safe, high wage, sustainable jobs, and to be rewarded for their hard work...

Australia’s investment environment has gone seriously wrong

This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Stephen Walters was published in The Australian Financial Review on Thursday, 8 June 2023  Wednesday's National Accounts confirmed that Australia’s investment drought is not over. Capital spending by private businesses did rise...

A tax on business hurts all

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was first published in The Herald Sun on Thursday 25 May 2023 I know it sounds simple to increase taxes on business but let me assure you it doesn't work...

When regions thrive Australia prospers

This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was first published in The Newcastle Herald on Tuesday 18 April 2023 If we are to succeed in propelling Australia to the global frontier of innovation, ingenuity and prosperity, we...

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