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“This is a place where people can actually come back, bring their kids up, live in a very, very affordable way, and live a very good lifestyle. It's still a wonderful place here.’’ Jennifer Westacott, Business Council of Australia chief executive        Reversing the brain drain and attracting more business investment to South Australia are critical to ensuring the state can power ahead. When the Business Council of...

“We are going through a tough period, but we're trying to fast-track our way to the future, and we're trying to make change a friend, not an enemy.’’ Frank McGuire, Member for Broadmeadows      Back when the car manufacturing industry was in full flight in Australia, small to medium-sized Victorian business Australian Performance Vehicles had three customers: Ford, Holden and Toyota. As a tier-one supplier to the global car...

“The challenge for Western Sydney is to create meaningful full-time jobs in Western Sydney so that people just don't have to go through this wretched commuting every day.’’ Tony Shepherd, former Business Council of Australia president     About 40 per cent of residents in Sydney’s west are forced to drive 90 minutes each way for work, said former Business Council president Tony Shepherd. It is this absence of local...

“When big business can compete, and attract that capital and make those investments, that doesn't just trickle, but it flows right down that ecosystem to medium businesses and small businesses.’’ Grant King, Business Council of Australia president     Gladstone is a magnet for business activity; a perfect illustration of the benefits that flow into a community when it attracts investment. Grant King, the president of the Business Council of...

“People come for jobs and the jobs come because the people come.’’ Catherine Tanna, the managing director of EnergyAustralia     Nowhere does the adage of “build it and they will come’’ resonate  more than in the southern Queensland city of Toowoomba. The garden city’s $100 million Wellcamp Airport, built by the Wagner family and opened in 2014, has served as a mecca for development in the region. In September,...

“We've got to embrace this because there are some fantastic positive community outcomes here but sitting back and being fearful is a way for it to run over us. If we lean into it, I think the opportunity is to shape it.’’ Rohan Mead, group managing director and chief executive of Australian Unity     As far as career changes go, Jodie Auster’s journey from emergency department doctor to leading...

“It's the biggest growth of any market we have in our entire network. So, it's phenomenal what's been occurring.” Qantas Group chief executive Alan Joyce   The “virtuous circle” of big and small businesses generating economic activity, opportunities and jobs in Tasmania has helped the state hit its stride. Business leaders from tourism, manufacturing and agriculture industries put this success down to businesses and enterprising people being the engine room...

“We need, a post-secondary plan that puts them on equal footing." Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott   Employers and workers across Western Sydney are set to get a tailwind from the Western Sydney Airport when it opens in 2026, with hundreds of thousands of jobs planned for the region, which is expected to generate up to a $15.6 billion economic boom over three decades. “The reality is our airport,...

Townsville's Strong Australia lunch event featured Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott, Aon Australia chief executive James Baum, PVW managing partner Carl Valentine, Townsville Chamber of Commerce president Debbie Rains and Townsville Enterprise Limited chief executive Patricia O’Callaghan. The event was moderated by award winning Sky News political editor David Speers.

Students from the University of South Australia have been a part of the biggest show on earth that concludes tonight – the Game of Thrones. Rising Sun Pictures partnered with UniSA special effects students, who worked on season six of the medieval fantasy epic. And UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd says Adelaide’s Rising Sun Pictures is a medium sized enterprise that has the potential to “grow on a scale”. It’s...

“There’s another conversation about regional Australia and that’s the conversation about big and small businesses working together, about ingenuity in local communities." Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott    Communities in NSW’s Central West should begin planning now to take advantage of the enormous opportunities landing on their doorstep when the new Western Sydney Airport takes off and reshapes the entire region west of the city. The international airport, which...

With more than 200 community and business leaders and a terrific line-up of panellists, our Strong Australia lunch in Cairns provided us with real insights into what locals want for their region. We know from the federal election results that regional Australians have felt ignored and they want their voices heard. This is the great strength of our Strong Australia initiative which takes us into communities and lets us hear...

The Business Council of Australia and the Chamber of Commerce Northern Territory hosted a Strong Australia Network business lunch on Thursday 8 August to hear from Northern Australia business community's leading voices. The Strong Australia Network centres on getting outside the major cities and bringing together suppliers, distributors, employees, customers and businesses. The lunch included a panel discussion which will be moderated by award-winning Sky News political editor David Speers, and...