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Business Council members continue to dodge tax while calling for tax reform

If the Business Council of Australia had its way, its members would have paid $10 billion less tax in 2021-22 — and you would have picked up the tab. Feel ‘estranged’ yet?

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Australians are working harder than ever. Big companies are the real productivity problem

If there’s a ‘productivity crisis’ in the Australian economy, it’s one created by big businesses enjoying market power, not workers who have been punished for years.

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Journalists play the fool in the ‘economic reform’ theatre of the absurd

Journos seemingly can’t remember that a couple of years ago they paraded the business lobby’s same economic reform lies.

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Business lobby rejects Coalition’s ‘disingenuous’ claims Labor pursuing big Australia policy

Business Council of Australia wants migration to be more business-friendly and rejects concerns of a surge in arrivals

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Employees with disability tiny fraction of senior staff

Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD and the Business Council believes the untapped talent is an opportunity.

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Labor’s net zero authority wins backing after workers call for help to leave fossil fuel industry

Energy minister says body will ‘focus like a laser on any obstacles to job creation and investment’

The Guardian - AU

Faster disaster relief packages for businesses urged

The Business Council of Australia has called for packages to be developed by national cabinet to get enterprises back on their feet quickly following disasters.

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Newcastle 'deserves' big slice of $15b reconstruction fund for manufacturing precinct

'Newcastle should be a nationally significant precinct. The National Reconstruction Fund should invest heavily into it.'

Newcastle Herald

How the Hunter can transform the nation

Business Council of Australia advocates for improved coordination to assist region's such as the Hunter reach their full potential.

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Business group warns workplace reforms may stymie wages

The Business Council has taken aim at the federal government's crackdown on insecure work at a time when the economy faces troubling global conditions.

AAP

Paul Bongiorno: Reckoning time in the Senate strands the Coalition

The Coalition is playing a cynical wrecking role of Australia’s ability to contribute more meaningfully to reducing global emissions.

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All workplaces can be more inclusive of the LGBTQIA+ community. Here's how

There are many things that workplaces can do to hire and retain diverse employees, and to create a genuine sense of belonging at work.

ABC News

Suicide, charity support requests spike after ongoing RBA rate rises

As mental health and community advocates issued warnings, executives gathered at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel to field forecasts of their own.

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Business leaders celebrate new trade deals

The Business Council of Australia is confident free trade agreements with India and Britain will create new opportunities for local workers and industries.

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Small business weighs in on workplace bill

Expanded multi-employer bargaining rights remain a key sticking point for businesses as the Labor government attempts to garner support for its workplace bill.

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Business says wages growth is back and there’s no need for IR reform. They’re lying

Stronger wages growth in the September quarter demonstrates the need for government intervention in the broken industrial relations system.

The Guardian - AU

Australian business hails Albanese’s meeting with Xi as ‘tremendous reset’

Business Council of Australia chief Jennifer Westacott says it is an opportunity to ‘start building relationships’ damaged by trade and human rights disputes

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Labor agrees to amend workplace bill

The Albanese government has agreed to amend its proposed workplace laws in the wake of criticism from business, unions and crossbench senators.

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Government makes concessions on multi-employer bargaining bill

The Albanese government has made concessions to employers on its planned extension of multi-employer bargaining, as it hopes to fast track its industrial relations legislation through parliament before Christmas.

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Federal government makes multi-employer bargaining change in attempt to pass workplace bill

The federal government makes concessions to its contentious industrial relations legislation in a bid to pass the workplace bill before Christmas.

AAP

PM slams campaign against IR bill

The prime minister has defended the multi-employer component of the workplace relations bill and raised questions about the companies gearing up to fight it.

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Budget good, but more needed: business

Treasurer Jim Chalmers' first budget has been welcomed by business chiefs, but they say more work is needed to get the economy on a stronger footing.

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Budget repair begins, tax reform is next

Labor has taken a big step towards budget repair but the harder work of serious tax reform has been deferred until further down the track.

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Labor faces employer revolt over changes to multi-employer pay deals in IR bill

Adding to pressure on Albanese government, unions are warning of risk to manufacturing jobs from sky-rocketing gas prices

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Tax cuts to cost $11b more than estimate

The federal treasurer says the controversial stage three tax cuts will cost billions more than previously thought as the government faces calls to scrap them.

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