The nation’s peak business group will propose a $10 billion federal plan to build more homes and slash the cost of construction.
Victoria should introduce consistent zoning laws across the state to boost housing stock and stabilise property prices,the Business Council of Australia says.
All it took was a class action lawsuit to put a kink in a nation-unifying call from the Business Council to cease and desist with business bashing.
Business titans said the rising populist tone in public debate is a danger to the economy as they faced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a high-powered event on Tuesday night.
The prime minister faced a ribbing at the Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner in Sydney on Tuesday night.
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business,saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers”.
High inflation,elevated interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis have spawned a competition in Canberra over which party can produce the most populist policies. Now business is fighting back.
The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its workplace agenda.
Victoria is the state of choice for one-third of Australia’s international students. Universities say slashing migration will have major economic consequences.
The Albanese government’s plan to cut international student numbers could be disastrous,according to universities and business.
The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.