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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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

AAP

Training system must catch up to industry

A panel of experts from business, TAFE and union sectors have outlined how Australia's training programs can be upgraded to skill people for the future.

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Business and unions reveal shared policies on three big ticket items ahead of jobs summit

Business Council and ACTU agree on need to boost paid parental leave, reform migration skills lists and set up an authority to support the clean energy transition

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Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says

Prime minister tells National Press Club government could ‘potentially take further action’ if no consensus reached at jobs and skills summit

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Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite them being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should return.

Bloomberg

Australian Business Backs Union Calls for More Pay Before Summit

The head of Australia’s main business lobby backed union demands for higher wages ahead of a major jobs summit.

The Guardian - AU

Unions and business agree on need for higher wages as jobs summit looms

ACTU and business council want to revive ‘key principles’ of enterprise bargaining deal that was dumped in 2020 after industry backlash

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Temporary migration boost needed: business

The Business Council wants the permanent migration cap upped to over 200,000 places temporarily to make up for the migration slowdown during the pandemic.

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Dutton defends skills summit boycott

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has defended his decision not to attend the government's upcoming jobs and skills summit.

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Calls for skilled migration overhaul

Australia needs to ditch its “ad hoc” skilled migration system in order to drive the country’s prosperity, the Business Council says ahead of the jobs summit.

The Conversation

Business calls for 'catch up' migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese's jobs summit

Big business wants a “catch up boost” to permanent migration, with at least two thirds of the places going to skilled workers,

The Guardian - AU

It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits

The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.

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Jobs summit key chance for reform: BCA

Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott says the upcoming jobs and skills summit is an opportunity to reset the economy.

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Pre-election budget to ease cost of living

Tuesday night's federal budget is expected to include a cut to the fuel excise as well as assistance for more first home buyers.

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