September
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Raising the bar against mergers will rob everyone of benefits
Why clamp down on mergers with less than maximum benefits when the public would still gain from seeing them go through?
July
- Opinion
- Immigration
Slashing foreign student numbers would be economic self-harm
Before the government puts the squeeze on Australia’s $48 billion university export industry, it should consider how much GDP it is prepared to sacrifice.
May
- Opinion
- AI Summit
How Australia can grab an AI advantage
We need an equal sense of hunger, optimism, and opportunism for Australia to realise the advantage of AI, write the BCA’s CEO and Australia’s Google boss.
- Opinion
- Australian economy
The one standout success metric for the budget
More investment is required to drive productivity. We won’t get this without cutting red tape and making the things more business-friendly.
April
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Hearings shouldn’t be McCarthy-like blood sport
The Greens’ cheapening of the purpose of parliament’s power to compel witnesses to appear is too galling for Australian business to remain silent.
October 2023
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
Radical casual work overhaul will cost jobs
That is not just the belief of increasingly anxious big and small organisations across the country; it is the considered view of a leading industrial relations barrister.