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....
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...
With a range of skills and experiences, people with disability represent one of Australia’s greatest underrepresented talent pools. However, Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD sitting at 21 out of 29...
Migration is an essential element in the success of Australia. In an economic sense, young skilled migrants help manage our otherwise ageing population, fill critical skills and labour shortages, and bring new ideas and international connections to help power the...
Australia’s leading business groups, representing the employers of millions of people, are gravely concerned that the government’s planned industrial relations changes will endanger jobs and do nothing to increase wages while handing unions unprecedented new powers. We are today urging...