Stamp duty,councils and big business’s $10b shot at the housing crisis

Stamp duty,councils and big business’s $10b shot at the housing crisis

The nation’s peak business group will propose a $10 billion federal plan to build more homes and slash the cost of construction.

  • byDavid Crowe

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‘Upzoning’ Melbourne needed to fix housing crisis,big business says

‘Upzoning’ Melbourne needed to fix housing crisis,big business says

Victoria should introduce consistent zoning laws across the state to boost housing stock and stabilise property prices,the Business Council of Australia says.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Bad timing:Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action

Bad timing:Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action

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.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Chilling effect:’ Business heavyweights send an economic warning to Canberra

‘Chilling effect:’ Business heavyweights send an economic warning to Canberra

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.

  • byClancy Yeates
Albanese cops a roasting at big business’ night of nights

Albanese cops a roasting at big business’ night of nights

The prime minister faced a ribbing at the Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner in Sydney on Tuesday night.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition

Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition

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”.

  • byDavid Crowe andOlivia Ireland
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Albanese’s love affair with the big end of town is on the rocks
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Albanese’s love affair with the big end of town is on the rocks

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.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Business chiefs confront PM for taking economy ‘backwards’

Business chiefs confront PM for taking economy ‘backwards’

The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its workplace agenda.

  • byDavid Crowe
Caps on overseas uni students could cost Victorian economy $6 billion

Caps on overseas uni students could cost Victorian economy $6 billion

Victoria is the state of choice for one-third of Australia’s international students. Universities say slashing migration will have major economic consequences.

  • byCaroline Schelle
International student numbers not easy to cut without dire results

International student numbers not easy to cut without dire results

The Albanese government’s plan to cut international student numbers could be disastrous,according to universities and business.

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Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain:business council

Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain:business council

The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.

  • byAngus Thompson