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Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... The report's most consequential number is therefore its assumption of 1.2% annual labour productivity growth." Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black also contests this figure, noting that the council's own modelling found labour productivity ...

Briefcase names head of growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... relationships at Eldium, a Sydney-based warehousing lending provider and the head of growth for the Australia-Korea Business Council. He is fulfilling both roles in a part-time capacity. Commenting, Briefcase chief executive and founder Josh Persky said ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... effect on this date. Residential property will be limited to "new builds that genuinely add to housing supply." Business Council chief executive Bran Black said changes to CGT "take some sting out of the tax bite for small businesses but the overall ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... Management and Tristar Corporate Advisors. He is the former president and deputy chair of the Australia India Business Council for Victoria. InterPrac's sole director Justin Harding will remain with the business post-sale. He is also currently the ...

Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... include Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood, representatives from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar, Australian ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... East are potential pressures facing the Australian economy, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at the Business Council of Australian dinner, Chalmers said the government was preparing for Australia to enter the "fourth economy". "Every four ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... down by the government, was backed by AustralianSuper, the National Farmers Federation, the Tax Institute, the Business Council of Australia and the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia." She was also disappointed in the lack of engagement ...

Vision Super chair departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... involved with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and the Australian Thai Business Council. Casey Nunn is now deputy chair. She has served on the board since 2017.

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... are significant and will reinforce public confidence in Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms to company mergers as it strikes a balance between economic and regulatory ...

New chair named for Future Generation Global

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Former Business Council of Australia leader Jennifer Westacott has been named the new chair of Future Generation Global (FGG). Westacott brings significant experience to the role, having worked as the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia ...
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