When one minister’s response to the council’s blueprint for changing the economy is an eye-roll, it shows incoming chief executive Bran Black faces a challenge prosecuting his case.
Outgoing Business Council of Australia boss Jennifer Westacott says that, to date, Australia has stayed lucky. “But our luck is going to run out.”
Indeed, the phrase “lucky country” may soon come full circle to be viewed with the derision Donald Horne first intended when he wrote it in 1964.
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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com