Reports and papers
Women in leadership: lessons from Australian companies leading the way

The Business Council teamed up with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and McKinsey & Company and found Australian companies that lead their industry in women’s leadership representation do 10 things in common. We wanted to get behind all the activity...

Future-Proof: protecting Australians through education and skills

The Business Council launched a discussion paper which outlines a new tertiary model that would enable workers to more easily retrain and reskill over their lives.  The world of work is changing. Nobody knows exactly how it will change, but...

Proposed national partnership on apprenticeship reform

August 2017 The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Industry Group and the Business Council of Australia are calling on all governments to make 2017 the year when they renew their investment and reform focus on the vocational...

2016 Indigenous engagement survey

Indigenous employment has grown by 30 per cent among Business Council member companies since 2014, our new Indigenous Engagement Survey report shows. Since first conducting the survey in 2009, the number of Business Council member companies with Indigenous engagement activities...

Competitive project approvals

The Business Council is calling for COAG to commit to reform major project planning approvals systems in the States and Territories. Competitive Project Approvals report sets out a best practice model for project approvals that we would like to see...

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