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Geoff Culbert

The mission for 2025: let’s make it easier for businesses to invest

Less than six months from the federal election, it’s time to start thinking about the big reforms we need to go after to turn around our lagging productivity and competitiveness.

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After a year in which a chorus of voices has constantly talked down the role of business, it was refreshing to hear Treasurer Jim Chalmers note that “the best kind of growth is private sector-led”.

This is a step in the right direction. The next step is to have an honest conversation about what it’s going to take to make it happen.

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Geoff Culbert is president of the Business Council of Australia.

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