Strategic commitment to Asia welcomed
Labor’s pledge to boost Asian languages and literacy as part of its FutureAsia policy is a welcome strategic commitment to building and strengthening Australia’s ties with Asia, Business Council chief...
Australian workers need a world-class post-secondary education and skills system
The Business Council today warned Australia’s education and skills system is at risk of failure without urgently needed reform. In releasing its reform plan Future-proof: Australia’s future post-secondary education and skills the...
Funding breakthrough for schools in need
“We congratulate senators on voting for a simpler, fairer and more transparent schools funding model that will deliver the most taxpayer support to those students who really need it,” Business...
Joint statement with the Smith Family on schools funding
The Business Council of Australia and The Smith Family: • Strongly endorse the principle of needs-based school funding. • Welcome the additional $18.6 billion for Australian schools committed by the...
Teacher quality key to better schools
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Advertiser on Monday 12 December 2016. The latest figures showing Australian schoolchildren have further slipped down the global education rankings would...
Global Challenges, Smart Solutions
This is the text of a speech given by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott to the Crawford School of Public Policy today. Check against delivery. Acknowledgements Distinguished guests....
Read moreBusiness Bashers Must Explain The Consequences
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on Monday 21 November, 2016. Populist politicians who target business should tell their voters to expect...
Read moreThe True Value of Humanities
Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott gave this speech to a University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Australian National University Humanities Research Centre, forum on the role of...
Read moreCity's Growth At Stake
This opinion article by Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Townsville Bulletin on 4 November. Queenslanders, particularly those from the north of the state, are famous for their “have a...
Why Our Children Need a Strong ABCC
This opinion article by Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott was published in The Daily Telegraph on 20 October 2016. The Prime Minister wrote in a column this week that the case...
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