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Last week Canberra kicked off an annual ritual little noticed in real-world Australia, with it coming the seasonal peak in business bulldust.

We may be short of leaders, but we’re not short on false prophets

Last week Canberra kicked off an annual ritual little noticed in real-world Australia, with it coming the seasonal peak in business bulldust.

  • Ross Gittins

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The Business Council of Australia wants a Trump-style war on red tape in Australia.

Axe the red tape: Big business presses for Trump-like attack on regulation

Heads of some of the nation’s biggest companies are pressing both major parties to take a leaf out of the Trump administration by cutting red tape.

  • Shane Wright
The government has signalled more housing policies before the election because of the scale of the crisis.

Stamp duty, councils and big business’s $10b shot at the housing crisis

The nation’s peak business group will propose a $10 billion federal plan to build more homes and slash the cost of construction.

  • David Crowe
Camberwell is one suburb to have housing developments fast-tracked.

‘Upzoning’ Melbourne needed to fix housing crisis, big business says

Victoria should introduce consistent zoning laws across the state to boost housing stock and stabilise property prices, the Business Council of Australia says.

  • Annika Smethurst
Lawyer Rebekah Giles.

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.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Harvey Norman chairman, Gerry Harvey.

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.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn at a hearing in Canberra on Thursday.

‘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.

  • Clancy Yeates
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black (left) and president Geoff Culbert on Tuesday night.

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.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference earlier today.

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”.

  • David Crowe and Olivia Ireland

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