Business Council of Australia
Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles turns journo and asks the ABC the hard questions
A younger Rebekah Giles used to protest ABC funding cuts. Now she finds herself facing them in court - to her distress.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Class action
Bad timing: Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action
All it took was a class action lawsuit to put a kink in a nation-unifying call from the Business Council to cease and desist with business bashing.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘Chilling effect:’ Business heavyweights send an economic warning to Canberra
Business titans said the rising populist tone in public debate is a danger to the economy as they faced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a high-powered event on Tuesday night.
- by Clancy Yeates
Albanese cops a roasting at big business’ night of nights
The prime minister faced a ribbing at the Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner in Sydney on Tuesday night.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Roast Albo: PM cops a grilling at business dinner
The Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner was the classic heavyweight clash of the political and business classes.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business, saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers”.
- by David Crowe and Olivia Ireland
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Albanese’s love affair with the big end of town is on the rocks
High inflation, elevated interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis have spawned a competition in Canberra over which party can produce the most populist policies. Now business is fighting back.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Business chiefs confront PM for taking economy ‘backwards’
The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its workplace agenda.
- by David Crowe
Caps on overseas uni students could cost Victorian economy $6 billion
Victoria is the state of choice for one-third of Australia’s international students. Universities say slashing migration will have major economic consequences.
- by Caroline Schelle
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Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain: business council
The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.
- by Angus Thompson
Bank chiefs back calls for longer election cycles
The bosses of major banks have backed calls for federal elections to be held every four years instead of three to provide more certainty for business.
- by Millie Muroi
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