Reports and papers
Regulation Rumble 2024 - Comparing regulations and tax policies across states and territories to inspire a race to the top.

This is the second edition of the Business Council of Australia’s Regulation Rumble. Regulation, red tape, and poorly targeted taxes make it more difficult and more costly to run a business. That means less jobs and less investment by the private...

Australia’s flagging competitiveness and productivity

An Australia that competes harder and produces more Australians enjoy an extraordinary quality of life. It is becoming ever clearer, however, that this will not continue if we are complacent. As things stand, other nations are competing harder, winning moreinvestment, and...

It’s time to say yes to housing

Business has a deep interest in ensuring the availability of well-located, well-serviced homes for employees. Without reasonably priced and suitable housing, we limit our economic growth, curtail labour mobility and risk our future prosperity. While there has been a renewed...

Regulation Rumble 2023 - A guide to national best practice

This is the first edition of the BCA’s Regulation Rumble, a jurisdictional scorecard that ranks regulation and business taxes across Australia’s states and territories. Regulation, red tape, and taxes make it more difficult and more costly to run a business....

Seize the moment

The purpose of the Business Council of Australia is to ensure the country is economically strong to support a fair, free and inclusive society for all Australians. This year, in 2023, as the BCA enters its 40th year of advocating...

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