Hobble business, and hard working Australians suffer
This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in theAustralian on Thursday 29 December 2018. As we reflect on the end of the year, we normally make...
Quality - and not just quantity - counts in budget saving and spending
This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Financial Review on Thursday 20 December 2018. After 11 budget deficits, and six years after Wayne Swan...
Power down prices
This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday 5 December 2018. A simple, no-frills way to reduce the pain of electricity...
Bad policy and "big sticks" won't reduce energy bills
This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in the Herald Sun on Tuesday 4 December 2018. A simple, no-frills way to reduce the pain of electricity...
There’s a way to cut power bills, so let’s get on with it
This opinion article by Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott was published in the Weekend Australian on Sunday 1 December 2018. Business wants lower electricity prices. We want Australians to have...
Beware of all the growth spoilers
This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Australian Financial Review on Thursday 22 November 2018. Australia is well placed to lower the jobless even...
Australian business must act fast to manage changing workplace landscape
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in the Geelong Advertiser on Monday, 5 November 2018. Work is at the centre of all economic policy, and rightly so. We...
So what’s fair in work and pay?
This opinion article by Business Council chief economist Adam Boyton was published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 October 2018. Australians have a strong concept of fairness. It shapes much...
Now you are students but you must prepare to lead
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in Herald Sun on 20 September 2018. I am bewildered by what has played out in our national capital. We have to rise above...
The Australia Institute: climate wreckers
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on 30 August 2018. It’s important that groups like the Business Council are clear on the policies that matter...