The Business Council supports the implementation of Heavy Vehicle Road Reform by Australia’s governments, which will lead to more efficient provision and use of road transport infrastructure. This submission makes the following four key recommendations: The introduction of direct heavy...
This is the Business Council’s submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment’s inquiry into penalty rates. The Business Council recommends that: The Committee rejects proposals to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 to ensure that enterprise agreements...
The Business Council supports the principle of horizontal fiscal equalisation (HFE), which is broadly that states and territories should have the fiscal capacity to ensure Australian citizens are able to access comparable standards of services regardless of the jurisdiction in...
The Business Council strongly believes all companies and individuals must meet their tax obligations and we strongly endorse the work of the Taskforce in this regard. At the same time, laws and regulations should not be so overly complex or...
The Freight and Supply Chain Strategy should set an ambitious goal for a globally competitive freight and logistics sector in Australia, to be achieved by efficiently expanding the capacity of the sector to cater for future growth and by lifting...