BCA president Tim Reed has declared the Albanese government lacks an ambitious growth plan and on industrial relations reckons “the worst is yet to come”.
BCA members such as Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady and Cochlear CEO Dig Howitt added to the criticism. Ms Brady said policies were needed now to avoid a tech worker deficit of 180,000 by 2030. Mr Howitt complained the government wasBut Mr Reed’s comments were the most inflammatory.
“While the [Albanese government’s] narrative at a high level is very polite, very collaborative and very positive, but actually on the ground, the things we are hearing and seeing lack ambition,” he said.BCA CEO Jennifer Westacott speaking to Treasurer Jim Chalmers at the dinner.Earlier in the night, the Treasurer said he wanted to build a case this year for structural reforms to the budget and said Australia needed to lift productivity if it wanted to embed higher living standards.
The BCA found itself outflanked last year when the government used its Jobs and Skills Summit to put the issue of multi-employer bargaining on the table. While the business lobbyfrom the pandemic, Labor pushed the changes through parliament last year. Mr Reed said big business had to fight and win over the government “battle by battle”, yet urged members to not start open warfare with government as “that’s not going to work”.
“We’ve got to be lifting the ambition for the nation and then, not declaring war, but trying to fight really hard on each of those individual battles,” he said.Louie Douvis
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