Jennifer Westacott | Author at The Australian

Growth a tool against poverty

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottThe Business Council of Australia wants to help alleviate disadvantage.

Make our future work

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottWages growth can restart but not without gains in productivity.

Spotlight on Australia’s economy

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottWhile tax cuts for small businesses is welcome, big business tax relief would make new investments more attractive.

Canberra needs eyes wide open

Jennifer Westacott, CEO, Business Council of Australia

0:00 AMBRENDAN LYON, JENNIFER WESTACOTTCanberra will need to overturn recent history and show it can deliver major projects as well as the private sector.

Booking the success dividend

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottYou wouldn’t micromanage your Google investment, so why micromanage indigenous business?

Fair policy nurtures confidence

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottAustralia is doing well but cannot rest on its laurels.

Education still the great leveller

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottThe future jobs market is a whole new ball game.

Pull the plug on culture war

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottNeither side of politics can solve the energy crisis alone.

Stick to penalty rates change

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTLet’s not betray young unemployed and small businesses that want to grow.

Act now on budget

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottGovernments, agencies and their staffers must find more efficient ways of getting work done.

Cut company tax to help agriculture

0:00 AMJennifer Westacott, Tony MaharCanberra’s plan is the bare minimum needed to maintain competitiveness.

Trade opens up economic wealth

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottOur company tax rate is dissuading investors from contributing to growth.

We all must knuckle down

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottPassing Turnbull’s 10-year plan is the bare minimum to keep us in the game.

commentWe have to pay our way

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTThe message from MYEFO was unequivocal: the nation simply cannot spend what it can’t afford.

Path to progress hinges on trade

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottAustralia needs political leaders who will speak out against anti-business driven populist protectionism.

Passing bills makes economic sense

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottToday, the bills that were used as the trigger for our double dissolution election are due to come before the Senate.

Becoming a nation with purpose

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottA sense of drift is preventing us meeting the challenges of a changing world.

Building culture needs repair

0:00 AMJennifer Westacott, Brendan Pearson, Innes WilloxWith election day looming, it’s timely to come back to the issue that triggered this double-dissolution poll.

To be fair, let’s encourage growth

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTThe issue of fairness is becoming a central theme against which policies will be measured.

Building fix as easy as ABCC

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottA respectful workplace culture is essential for the improved productivity needed for our long-term prosperity.

Get the NDIS right from outset

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottThere are three key risk areas that if left unchecked could undermine the disability support scheme.

Senate needs to pass ABCC bill

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottReinstating the Australian Building and Construction Commission should be the easiest decision the Senate can make.

Policymakers must act now to secure our future

Economic reforms are needed

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTA better tax system is central to stronger economic growth.

Choice at heart of review

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottEmpowering consumers is the key to improving services — whether they are delivered by government, NGOs or the private sector.

24/7 economy needs IR reform

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottWe need to design a workplace relations system fit for a modern economy and creates jobs for the future.

Overhaul to keep nation nimble

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottOur workplace relations system, designed decades ago in a very different world, looks absurdly out of date.

IR must focus on innovation, jobs

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTThe key challenge of reform is how well we can create the workplaces and the businesses of the future that create jobs.

China FTA is in national interest

0:00 AMJENNIFER WESTACOTTDon’t be fooled by the union scare campaign, the free trade agreement with China is in the national interest.

Ideas will push reform debate

0:00 AMJennifer WestacottIt’s difficult to find agreement on big change, but staying the course is vital.