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Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... just over US$2 trillion. His predictions come at a time when the country's peak business body, the Business Council of Australia, is calling on the government to adopt a more proactive policy approach in exporting services. According to the BCA's discussion ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... country's leading business bodies, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA). A panel of government and industry workplace experts chose the winners. Michelle Baltazar

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... affecting the outer suburbs of Sydney where manufacturing job losses were hitting the hardest. The Business Council of Australia has asked the federal government to increase workforce participation and productivity especially given that the country has ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... community has formally acknowledged the need for increased corporate social responsibility with the Business Council of Australia chief executive Katie Lahey today presenting a such conclusions to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... this time last year, recorded rises in all of its five component indices over the last month. The Business Council of Australia has noted that the lack of national infrastructure planning and the inefficiencies of government bureaucracy are forecast ...

Tax page cull the first step: BCA

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has given the Federal Government a thumbs-up for its decision to slash the number of income tax pages by more than 2,000, but said there is room for more tax reforms. "In one sweep, the number of income tax pages ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... afforded workers, while the Democrats had concerns about its impact on casual workers. Andrews said the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other industry groups wanted the laws passed. He said the government ...

Big business to urge easing of corporate laws on exec pay

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... government to water down laws forcing companies to publish the pay packets of their top executives. The Business Council of Australia will appear before a parliamentary inquiry into a proposed shake-up of corporate laws and argue the government has gone ...

BCA calls for senate reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has called for far-reaching reforms of the Senate to enable governments to force legislative change through. The BCA made public its submission to the federal government at the weekend with recommended reforms ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

... term. He has had extensive business expertise with ICI and then as CEO of Orica Ltd. He chaired the Business Council of Australia's Energy Reform Taskforce and was a member of the Government's Trade Policy Advisory Council. Mr Costello also announced ...