Why Australia needs a competitive company tax rate
Now is the time to push hard for increasing our productivity so we can create the conditions for higher incomes.
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Learn More Australian Supplier Payment Code
The Business Council Australian Supplier Payment Code commits signatory companies to pay eligible Australian small business suppliers on-time and within 30 days of receiving a correct invoice.
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Learn More Skills and Education
We must enhance Australian's skills and education, boost participation, and create an environment where people can innovate and be productive at work.
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Learn More Infrastructure
Better planning of infrastructure is needed to support growth, productivity and improved living standards.
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Learn More Energy and Climate Change
Energy policy must maximise competitive advantage via efficient markets and drive growth in exports, while managing emissions in line with global efforts.
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Learn More Innovation
Australia needs to create an effective innovation system that will provide individuals and businesses with the capabilities and incentives to drive innovation.
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Learn More Tax and Fiscal Policy
The Business Council of Australia has long highlighted the economic necessity of a competitive tax system.
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Learn More People and Workplaces
Australia needs a modern workplace relations system which enables enterprises to change their business models to meet these global challenges.
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Learn More Trade and Investment
Trade and investment is critical to Australia’s ongoing prosperity. Business and government need to adopt a global outlook in everything they do.
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Learn More Population and Cities
Australia needs to commit to well-managed population growth in our cities and regions. How well we manage that pathway of population and growth will determine the quality and sustainability of our economy, our societies and our environment.
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Learn More Business Regulation
Poorly designed and administered regulation imposes significant costs on the community in terms of less consumer choice, higher prices, lower wages and reduced job creation
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Learn More Big and Small Business: "Stronger Together"
Businesses in Australia employ 10 million of the nation's 12 million workers, and trade between big and small business is valued at more than $550 billion annually. Here's how we are working together.
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Learn More Workplace Diversity
Businesses want diverse workforces that reflect the community, as well as attract and retain the best and brightest from all backgrounds and circumstances.
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Learn More Jobs
Australia needs to undertake a suite of policy reforms to help us respond to disruption, grow our economy and ensure all Australians are equipped to work.
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Learn More Indigenous Engagement
The Business Council of Australia believes business can help create the social and economic conditions in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can prosper and thrive.
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Learn More Health
The Business Council of Australia advocates for a world-class, financially sustainable Australian health care system that increases life expectancy and quality of life.
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Learn More Community and Diversity
Australian businesses have a role to play in fostering community wellbeing and promoting social and economic inclusion.
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Learn More Budget
Budget policy gives governments capacity to deliver the services and public investments that maximise community value today and into the future.
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Learn More Federation
A better functioning federation is the only way of making services more efficient and sustainable, while achieving better outcomes for the people who use them.
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Learn More Retirement Incomes
Australia’s retirement income system is based around the three pillars of superannuation, the age pension, and voluntary retirement savings.
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