September 2024
Australia’s five most powerful people in education in 2024
As we hurtle to the end of the year, there are a lot of balls still up in the air for the sector. The question is, how many have landed?
July 2024
Scyne hires from public service, new KPMG role for former OECD exec
Public sector consulting firm Scyne has appointed its first new managing director, while KPMG has brought on former Labor minister David Bradbury as a partner.
May 2024
How Geoff Wilson assembled his investment dream team
Philip Lowe, Jennifer Westacott, Mike Baird, David Paradice, Andrew Forrest and Solomon Lew are among the heavy-hitters who have joined Geoff Wilson’s charitable mission to raise money for kids.
Constitutional expert to be next head of Western Sydney Uni
George Williams spent 24 years at UNSW where he built a reputation as one of Australia’s foremost legal scholars. But now he’s upping stumps to head up WSU.
December 2023
‘Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory’: higher education’s bad year
2023 started well enough but as we hobble to the end of the year vice chancellors are asking: “what the heck just happened”.
November 2023
Former BCA chief lands gig at Geoff Wilson’s Future Generation
Jennifer Westacott will chair Future Generation Global, one of two philanthropic investment vehicles established by the high-profile fund manager.
Community may lose faith in migration, warns Westacott
Former Business Council boss Jennifer Westacott will urge the government to ensure immigration rates are sustainable, as infrastructure and housing stock come under pressure.
August 2023
Top CEOs take respite from results season at BCA soiree
Wednesday night’s soiree at the Sofitel’s Wentworth Ballroom was a classic of the genre.
BCA urges billions for transformative industry policy
The BCA says its economic overhaul would leave the Australian economy $200 billion larger and national income $7000 per-person higher after a decade.
States should get paid to do better on red tape and taxes, BCA says
Incentive payments would be complemented by broad-based tax reform that reduced reliance on income and company taxes, and increased GST revenue.
New BCA boss has an uphill battle ahead of him
When one minister’s response to the BCA’s blueprint for changing the economy is an eye-roll, it shows incoming chief executive Bran Black faces a challenge prosecuting his case.
Business Council wanted Dom Perrottet as next CEO
Before signing up the little-known Bran Black, the nation’s big business lobby actually approached his old boss.
New BCA boss pledges to fly the flag for productivity
Bran Black will start work at the Business Council of Australia as the government releases its second tranche of IR reforms.
July 2023
Casuals could lose higher pay rates under Labor plan: bosses
Flexibility and higher take-home pay sought by casual workers in Australia’s labour-hungry economy are at risk, the BCA says.
May 2023
Business wants Labor’s gig economy laws to exclude leave, breaks
The Business Council of Australia will seek to limit the government’s laws to minimum pay, saying the reforms otherwise threaten to increase costs and push up prices for consumers.
Vacancy rates rise as first timers opt to buy (or share)
The number of empty rental homes has jumped – but don’t get too excited. It’s unlikely to last.
April 2023
BCA slams plan for unions to ‘oversee’ workplace watchdog
Labor has proposed a “cumbersome and complex” new system to monitor casual employees and labour hire firms, which will be “impossible for business”, the BCA says.
Ben Wyatt and Stuart Ayres top BCA chief executive shortlist
Australia’s first Indigenous treasurer and the former NSW Coalition minister are said to be the final two candidates to replace Jennifer Westacott.
Who’s in the mix to succeed Westacott at the BCA?
Sources say a replacement for Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott will be announced soon.
Labor fails to make the case for IR changes
Having been burned once on Labor’s workplace agenda, business is determined to not get played again, and to achieve a better result the second time around.